“Ivanishvili’s main strategy is to plot provocations, blame political opponents in a coup d’état, their arrest, banning political parties and shutting television stations,” wrote jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili on Facebook.

According to Saakashvili, the so-called parliamentary commission is set to publish its conclusion in August, which will blame him and Georgia for the launch of the 2008 war.

“Ivanishvili promises “black August” to Georgia. The Santa-Barbara of arrests in his entourage, I think, is shifting attention from the main evil, which the director of the Georgian mafia system plots to commit.

Ivanishvili’s main strategy is to plot provocations, to blame political opponents in a coup d’état, their arrests, banning political parties and shutting television stations. He is preparing a gift for his patrons in the Russian Federal Security Bureau for August 7.

The Russia-invented so-called parliamentary commission is set to publish its conclusion in August, which will blame me and Georgia for the launch of the criminal war, which will create the grounds for the restoration of diplomatic relations with Russia and partial, de jure recognition of occupied territories. Why in August? For the same reasons which led to the Russians’ attack in August. People and the majority of Western politicians are on vacation, and after all, it is very hot, and he will shift public attention.

პოI would note that all these developments are part of the Kremlin’s scenario, including my conviction for grave crimes, accusing President Zelenskyy and Armenian leaders. Ivanishvili’s being easily predicted will accelerate the Georgian people’s victory. Power is in Unity,” Saakashvili wrote.