On Victory Day, a festive procession of the “Immortal Regiment” was held in Tbilisi, as well as a rally against the “Ukrainianisation” of Georgia.
In honour of Victory Day, Georgian citizens held a traditional “Immortal Regiment” procession in Tbilisi in memory of the defenders of the Fatherland from the Nazi invaders. People marched with portraits of Soviet soldiers and Victory Banners through the central streets of the capital.
Before the march, a rally was held in Kikvidze Park, organised on the initiative of the Solidarity for Peace party. Party leader Temur Pipia called on anti-government and liberal forces not to be allowed to participate in the elections to be held in October this year.
“Today, on the 80th anniversary of the Victory over fascism, we are obliged to warn people that the danger of fascism, and consequently the “Ukrainianisation” of Georgia, still exists. Look at what happened in Ukraine. The extreme right-wing forces, having forcibly come to power, banned the opposition, abolished democracy, militarised the country and pitted it against the most powerful nuclear power,” Pipia said.
The speech of the head of Solidarity for Peace was met with slogans “Ban Nazis!” and “No to Ukrainianisation!”.
Temur Pipia noted that the decision of “Dream” to allow destructive forces to participate in the October 5 elections carries a risk of destabilisation. “Georgia must once and for all rule out even the possibility of repeating Ukraine’s path,” he said.
