Moscow says Georgian gov’t, public reacted correctly to TV anchor’s insulting Russian president

The Russian Foreign Ministry has called insults against Russian President Vladimir Putin by Georgian TV anchor Giorgi Gabunia “unacceptable,” but said that the Georgian government and people have responded to the event “in the right way.” 

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The ministry says that the “unacceptable attack on the Russian government” was the provocation of radical forces in Georgia [earlier Russia said that the radical forces are several Georgian opposition parties, like the United National Movement], which aim to “undermine Russia-Georgia relations.”

We note that this time, unlike the attack on June 20 on Russian MPs [in Tbilisi], the Georgian authorities did not justify the radicals, but found the strength to dissociate themselves from the provocateurs and condemn their behavior. We also see the fair indignation with which the incident was perceived by Georgian society,” the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

❗️Категорически осуждаем беспрецедентную по своей низости выходку с неприемлемыми выпадами в нецензурных выражениях в адрес российского руководства на грузинском телеканале «Рустави-2». Этот инцидент – пример того, куда заводит оголтелая русофобия.
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