“Everything suggests that the election in Georgia did not go right,” says Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson.

“This is extremely worrying, that a Russian-influenced government does everything they can to stop serious approaches to Europe where there is a popular will. And it must have consequences,” says the Prime Minister.

“We cannot work with authorities that counteract everything we stand for,” he added.

Kristersson also reacts to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s statement that the election was “free and democratic.”

“He does not speak for Europe’s countries, he does not speak for Sweden, he possibly speaks for Russia, but he does not speak for us others,” he stated.

The Swedish Prime Minister also implies that the election in Moldova, which was recently held, did not go right.

“Everything also suggests extensive irregularities. It is thus two countries that now stand precisely between Russian influence and European, democratic influence in the midst of ongoing war. Extremely ominous, I would say,” Kristersson added.

To the question “Are you worried that we can get a situation in Georgia similar to the one in Belarus?” the PM responded: “Yes, the Russian ambition is to stop approaches to Europe, it has been going on for a very long time. It is not warfare in traditional military forms, but it is hybrid warfare against these countries that makes it really dangerous.”