The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmytro Peskov again commented on the events in Georgia. In particular, he stated the risk of provocations regarding the self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
"There are certainly risks of provocations," the Kremlin representative said in response to the relevant question.
Peskov says that "someone's visible hand" is trying to add anti-Russian elements to the situation in Georgia.
"The situation that triggered these popular unrest has nothing to do with the Russian Federation. At the same time, we see that someone's hand cannot be said to be "invisible", it is quite visible. We see from where the president of Georgia addresses his people, she does not address Georgian men and women from Georgia, she addresses from America. And someone's visible hand is diligently trying to add anti-Russian elements here," he said.
Peskov emphasized that Russia does not interfere in the internal affairs of Georgia, and noted that the Kremlin sees the decision of the lawmakers to remove the bill that caused the protests from discussion.
It should be noted that the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, went on a visit to New York to participate in the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. After the parliament approved the bill on "foreign agents" in the first reading, she canceled the planned meetings and appealed to the public. The president supported the participants of the action, who opposed the initiative of the "Power of the People" movement and the ruling party "Georgian Dream".