President: No comparison between Navalny and Saakashvili

18:18, 17.02.2024

“I do not think that we can compare,” said President Salome Zourabichvili in an interview with Bloomberg answering the question on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili’s health state.

“No comparison. Comparison is no reason, and especially in this case. Georgia is not Russia. And I can only repeat that so many times. For what is this situation, this tragic situation with Alexi Navalny, if that is true if that is confirmed because his wife was just taking part in a conference right here, I think it will be disastrous and tragedy for human rights, democracy all around the globe. For the situation in Russia, it will only confirm what is a regime today in Russia but I think that for all of us around and in different parts of the globe it will be a tragedy,” she said.

Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic Circle jail on February 16.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics

Alexei Navalny

Salome Zourabichvili