The fifth president Salome Zurabishvili, speaking at the "Meeting for Democracy" event in Paris, said that "Russia, with the help of its oligarch puppets, has achieved almost complete usurpation of power" in the country.

Zurabishvili views Moscow's policy towards Georgia as a "new hybrid strategy" designed to replace the more expensive military one. She called on the European Union to prevent the country, which has received candidate status, from turning into "an example of totalitarian dictatorship." "Resist this," Zurabishvili urged.

Recall that in February, the European Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the fifth president Salome Zurabishvili as the only legitimate representative of the Georgian government and calling on the international community to join the boycott of the "self-proclaimed" government formed by the "Georgian Dream." Zurabishvili herself also considers herself the legitimate president: when she handed over her residence to her successor, she declared that she was “leaving and taking legitimacy with her.” The Georgian leader recently announced the creation of a certain Resistance Platform with the goal of uniting the opposition.