GD Faction Chair believes Georgia could have been blamed for plotting terrorism

“Georgia came under threat to be blamed for plotting a terrorist act in Russia. The goal of this threat was to drag the country into war,” said Mamuka Mdinaradze, Chair of the Georgian Dream (GD) parliamentary faction.

According to Mamuka Mdinaradze, Georgia has skilled special services, which revealed and averted a “transnational crime.” He reminded society of “indirect calls” from the Ukrainian high-ranking officials that aimed to drag Georgia into military hostilities.

The GD faction chair also remarked on the statement of the Ukrainian Embassy, saying it hoped Georgia would refrain from politicizing the issue.

“What does it mean not to politicize the issue? Make no comment at all? Does it mean that we should not make it public? Concrete individuals were disclosed, and we expect explanations,” he said, adding the fact required thorough investigation since the intention was to declare Georgia as the side of the conflict and as an organizer of the terrorist act.

Mamuka Mdinaradze also accused the opposition of presenting unimaginable arguments over the information reported by the State Security Service of Georgia (SSG). For him, arguments by the opposition as if SSG received information from the Russian intelligence services were illogical and nonsense.

“If the Russian special services had information, why would they give it to the Georgian special services? They would cross the border and solve the case. They would announce many stories that suit them. They invent nonsense. Just mention the word “Russian,” and they adjust it to their message box,” he said.

On February 5, the State Security Service’s counter-terrorist centre, through operational and investigative activities, successfully seized several units of special explosive devices and a significant quantity of explosives. The SSG said the explosives were transported from Ukraine by the Ukrainian citizen of Georgian origin, Andrei Sharashidze, and were designated to travel to Voronezh, the Russian Federation.