Salome Zurabishvili speaking at the Czech Senate” Now, 36 years later, on the same day and on the same avenue where blood was shed for freedom, Georgians are once again standing in the streets
Georgians Commemorate Victims of April 9 Massacre
Mamuka Mdinaradze: In the past, it was Rodionov trying to occupy Rustaveli Avenue, now it’s the Burchuladze-Rodionovs – It doesn’t matter whether the foreign power is Russian occupiers or someone else undermining our independence
Zviad Tsetskhladze’s father: The first protest of political regime and prevented officials from hypocritically laying flowers
Irakli Kobakhidze on amendments to the “Law on Grants”: Through grants and NGOs, they are trying to sow hatred in Georgia using Soviet methods – This law is not about grants, it opposes hatred
Zviad Dzidziguri: You ban critical media, you ban the non-governmental sector, you ban political parties — this is a return to the Soviet Union. So is it surprising that "Georgian Dream" is met with protest at the April 9 Memorial? It’s completely logical
Shalva Papuashvili: Today on Rustaveli, Rodionov’s soldiers with spades have been replaced by flag-waving, homeland-lost individuals trying just as ruthlessly to shatter the idea of independence
Gigi Ugulava: “Georgian Dream” doesn’t dare mention the Russians, as if Martians invaded this country and mutilated people – That “foreign force” had a very specific name back then: Soviet Russia!
Salome Zurabishvili: Shame on you, so-called Government of Georgia! Those ruthless soldiers were “Russians,” not some “foreign force,” and you don’t even dare say it! Only Russians and their servants bring war and violence!
Delegation of the European Union: We join in marking the symbolic day of the collapse of Soviet rule – Generations of Georgian citizens continue to firmly defend independence