Saakashvili is amazed at Russia's attitude to Georgia

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili believes that a way out of the current crisis in relations with Russia "must be sought in Moscow." This was stated in an interview with Russian Newsweek . “We are here, in Georgia, we do nothing to change the official attitude to Georgia in Russia with amazement, but we can’t influence it yet,” Saakashvili said.

The President of Georgia explained the decision to arrest the Russian military by the desire to "achieve principles in relations", because, according to him, Russia "still perceives the former Soviet territory as a zone of free actions for its intelligence."

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Saakashvili called the "nonsense" message of the Georgian press about the involvement of the West to exacerbate relations between Tbilisi and Moscow. "Georgia does not need anyone's help in forming its relations with Russia," he said.

The President of Georgia also claimed that in his country "anti -Russian sentiments do not exist at all." In his opinion, "this in Russia deliberately distort information about the situation in Georgia." As a result of "business between the two countries is less, human and cultural contacts strive to chop off."

Saakashvili thanked Moscow for measures against Georgian “thieves in law” in Russia. “Here we are very grateful for tough measures in relation to them,” he said. “Send them here, in Big Russia, of course, it was easier for them to hide, the people of various other ethnic and Russian mafia.”

He also noted that he did not object to the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but hastened to add that such a presence should be due to "a more effective mandate and with the participation of forces, which are not so associated with one of the opposing parties."

“Indeed, now the activities of peacekeepers cannot but cause disappointment,” Saakashvili believes. “But we are still controlling 30 percent of Abkhazian territory and 50 percent - South Ossetian. And we will control them completely - along with Abkhazians and Ossetians. And, of course, in the presence of peacekeepers, we don’t need, say, Americans.”