Ex-President Saakashvili: Sole figure capable of swiftly stamping out crime in Georgia is languishing in ‘Putinist captivity’ for sixth year

“I have decided to tell you the bitter truth in full: the longer you tolerate my captivity, the more of you, your loved ones, and your acquaintances will fall victim first to the current crime wave, and soon to the genuine tsunami of crime heading our way,” former President Mikheil Saakashvili wrote on social media.

He added that the sole person capable of completely eradicating crime in Georgia within a very short time is already wasting a sixth year in “Putinist captivity,” meanwhile some Georgians act as though this is perfectly normal.

“Two more people have fallen victim to a contract killing carried out by hired assassins. Ivanishvili is dragging us back to the Georgia of the 1990s at breakneck speed, unsurprising given that he made his billions in Russia during that very decade through the Kvantrishvili brothers’ ‘Imeretian mafia’. When a dictator is personally implicated in fraudulent call centres, sanctions evasion, and tax avoidance, and relies on a Georgian Dream youth wing staffed entirely by criminals, the very group that staged a bloody turf war at Round Garden just yesterday, the one person capable of completely eradicating crime in Georgia in a very short time is wasting a sixth year in Rustavi prison, held in Putinist captivity at the hands of Georgians, while some act as though this is perfectly normal,” Saakashvili wrote.

“So, the longer you accept my imprisonment, the more of you and those close to you will become victims of this mounting surge of crime,” he concluded.