Russia is trying to destroy Georgian democracy and gain control over the entire territory of Georgia, the Georgia president, Mikheil Saakashvili, said at a meeting with the leadership of Georgian defense ministry.
"The enemy has not changed its plan, it is sufficient to watch the rhetorics of the Russian government, their information war, which is permanently underway against Georgia", Saakashvili told.
Saakashvili also recalled that in 2008 Russia announced that it would take a few days to enslave Georgia, and that Russian leaders personally called him a "political corpse" several times and threatened him. "The fact that they failed to do this, was a confirmation of their weakness", the Georgian leader said.
At the same time, he noted that the international situation, as well as the economic one, has now changed, and now "it is difficult to realize their cherished dream. "But we also know ...