Georgia

“People tired of [a] tough decade had hopes for the so-called Rose Revolution, as a result, instead of an imaginary development, we ended up with a ruined economy in a hopeless state.”

"Achieving sustainable development goals could become one of the elements in the bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington, but it is not. Because this dialogue is generally far from being in the best state right now, and not because of Moscow."

“We cannot rule that (a ‘provocation’ by Western intelligence services) out.”

"Let's proceed from the fact that we are not engaged in the manufacture of similar kinds of chemical substances on our territory. As far as there is information, such weapons, such chemical toxic substances are available on the territory of Georgia from the United States, in the laboratory, and in the United States of America."

“Facebook has not mentioned the Georgian Dream [party] even once. It has never mentioned a political actor or a political party save the United National Movement.”

“… [W]hat relation do the closest relatives of R.A. Kadyrov have to the imputed violations? … I am not going to comment on these trumped-up charges. Moreover, evidence and arguments are traditionally lacking.”

“No, Russia doesn’t have any territorial claims against its neighbors.”

“The rights of sexual minorities are very well protected in our country ... If some deviations happen, it means that the law is not observed and the rights of some people are violated. However, it does not mean that the minority must infringe on the rights of the majority.”

“Every fourth American is against taking anti-COVID-19 vaccine.”

“It has been transpiring that the current pandemic – as I have been told and also, I watched some programs I was sent via WhatsApp yesterday – is, after all, a bluff. If this pandemic turns out to be a bluff, what would you say then? If it becomes established that this pandemic is a trick, and the world admits that it is a bluff, will that not prove the truth of what that bishop said?”

"As far as claims by the European External Action Service are concerned, the claims that our countries have been allegedly spreading disinformation about everything that is happening in relation to the coronavirus, it would be inappropriate even to make comments, because not a single fact that might back up such allegations has been presented to us."

“The first clinical trial on remdesivir, an experimental medication by the company Gilead Sciences, which has been seen as one of the promising and most successful medications in treating coronavirus, proved a failure.”