Moscow is not going to swallow Georgian rudeness and threats
Air traffic with Georgia will be restored if the Russophobic hysteria in the country stops and the security situation for Russian citizens normalizes.
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin spoke about this in an interview with Kommersant.
“Georgia apparently forgot that Russia has its own idea of honor and dignity. It is not in our tradition to “swallow” rudeness and threats against our people. We are forced to calculate risks in advance and block them. I hope that our adequate reaction brought to reason those who cynically want to earn points in the political game through anti-Russian rhetoric and threats,” Karasin said.
According to him, the details of the attack on a Russian deputy in the Georgian parliament can take a long time to sort out.
“The main thing is that provocateurs and people who have an evil attitude towards relations with Russia managed to use the demonstrations that began to implement the anti-Russian agenda. This has already been followed by thoughtless statements by political figures who previously seemed more or less responsible,” said the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He is convinced that Moscow did not act excessively by banning air traffic with Georgia.
“This is an absolutely adequate reaction. Yes, she is tough, but it cannot be otherwise. After all, we are talking about hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists. We cannot expose them to danger from various kinds of hooligan manifestations, especially since this hostility is fueled by certain political forces,” the diplomat said.
He also said when the ban might be lifted.
“We expect the situation in Georgia to normalize, the Russophobic campaign to end and any threats to the safety of our citizens to disappear,” Karasin concluded.
As PolitNavigator reported, on June 19 in Tbilisi, during a report at a session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, the head of the Russian delegation, State Duma deputy Sergei Gavrilov was attacked and then in the city anti-Russian riots began, provoked by supporters of the fugitive ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili.
After this, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called Russia “enemy” and “occupier”.
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