EMM News Explorer: Nino Burdzhanadze

[-said]: This is a unique opportunity that we must use anyway. But this chance is possible in the case that the Georgian leadership would include pro-Georgian force and the force that comes from real interests of Georgia, not pro-American, pro-Russian or pro-Australian force

georgiatimes 20-JAN-12

[-said]: laundered image of a Mikhail Saakashvili when congratulated him for conducting democratic local elections in 2010. Thus Saakashvili used Alasania as his project

georgiatimes 19-JAN-12

[-expressed]: Democratic Movement - United Georgia

georgiatimes 26-DEC-11

[-said]: on March 6, 2010, I told the public about my meeting with Condoleezza Rice at the level of the Speaker of Parliament, during which she told me that Saakashvili should not yield to provocations and should prevent a military confrontation with Russia in any case

georgiatimes 17-NOV-11

[-said]: We have repeatedly said that we were ready to cooperate with all political forces that actually struggle with the current regime. We are ready to work, think, discuss and plan the ways that will lead us to change the government and to democratic elections

georgiatimes 16-NOV-11

[ said]: in the minds of the people of Georgia, he also has great material resources, but if there is no free media and police, if the government will carry out terror against Ivanishvili's fellows and will detain them, the holding of free elections would be impossible

georgiatimes 16-NOV-11

[-said]: The change of power should take place through elections, but, unfortunately, Saakashvili creates the reality in which the holding of free and democratic elections impossible, since the democratic elections are a major danger to him

georgiatimes 16-NOV-11

[-said]: As far as Ivanishvili’s statement is concerned that he strongly rules out [street protest] rallies, I think, that’s his desire, because we all want to hold free and democratic elections in calm atmosphere and to change the government without pain and difficulties. But time will show how real it will be in the current changed conditions,

civil 16-NOV-11

[ has reported that earlier]: Caucasian Knot

kavkaz 28-SEP-11

[-commented]: and we have not had any dealings with them and I have no desire for a relationship with them. Let Merabishvili tell us about contacts with Oniani, getting money, his showdown with the thieves and showdowns of Saakashvili and his government with them

georgiatimes 06-SEP-11

[-told]: The government uses filthy methods against Democratic Movement and it is nothing new to me. If the government has real evidence, they have to present it. Wikileaks' versions are what Vano Merabishvili told the ambassador, It's John Tefft's position

geotimes 05-SEP-11

[-said]: I hope Irakli Alasania is polite enough not to use such words. If he really said such things, it only humiliates his dignity. I don't think it's serious to comment cables of Wikileaks, as officiality of the documents is not confirmed. I'm not going to criticize or praise anyone

geotimes 05-SEP-11

[ declared]: This is the one of the circles in the chain of injustice and this chain must be torn

geotimes 19-AUG-11

[ said]: Georgia is not some superpower who should be trying to intervene in the internal relations of another country - even a superpower should [not] be do [doing] that. But in these circumstances, this is a really provocative step,

voanews 13-AUG-11

[-told]: Nobody trusts such confessions coming from the arrested,

news 16-JUL-11

[says:]: The official accusations against these people sound so absurd that hardly anyone would believe them. Saakashvili’s regime explains all Georgia’s hardships by intrigues of Russian spies, but this is mere nonsense. It all resembles the time of the Cold War.

ruvr 12-JUL-11

[ declared]: No one trusts the confessions of those arrested in Georgia,

ruvr 11-JUL-11

[-mentioned]: an open discussion of the true interests and red lines that can or cannot be crossed.

rt 11-JUL-11

[-noted]: Yes, I realize that the problems of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are very complex, especially after the recognition [of their independence], especially after the war,

rt 11-JUL-11

[-told]: In Georgia right now there's real neo-Bolshevism with all signs of a Soviet regime: violation of elementary constitutional norms, violation of elementary human rights, control of media, police, which [are] doing everything – despite of their legal obligations – [as] if it's coming from political decisions. It's a typical Soviet country, where every person who is against the regime is [called] enemy of the country,

rt 29-JUN-11

[said:]: We will never welcome those people in the Georgian opposition, who try to lead their way into the politics through running over people’s corpses.

ge_civil_en 31-MAY-11

[said:]: We will never welcome those people in the Georgian opposition, who try to lead their way into the politics through running over people's corpses.

geotimes 31-MAY-11

[-said]: There are a lot of injured people because the authorities conducted, how to say it -- a punitive operation,

globalsecurity 27-MAY-11

[-said]: We did not do anything to hurt the country,

hurriyetdailynews 27-MAY-11

[-says later]: The society is divided. They are divided concerning Russia too,

time 27-MAY-11

[-said]: As was expected, a masked man approached us and, without any explanations, detained all my bodyguards and my son,

globalsecurity 27-MAY-11

[-accused]: all those who were at the rally yesterday were fighting for Georgia’s dignity.

rian 26-MAY-11

[ said]: It was a crime against humanity,

reuters 26-MAY-11

[-said]: I can say that our struggle will not end by this. A new stage of struggle has started,

geotimes 26-MAY-11

[-said]: The people of Georgia seek nothing more than freedom to determine their own future, and for too long their wishes have been swept to one side by President Saakashvili's iron-fisted authoritarian rule,

reuters 26-MAY-11

[-told]: Let us swear that we shall not leave this place,

javno 26-MAY-11

[ said]: We should stay here for 15 or 16 more hours, so that (Georgian President Mikheil) Saakashvili fails to review the military parade,

peopledaily 26-MAY-11

[ said]: We should stay here for 15 or 16 more hours, so that ( Georgian President Mikheil) Saakashvili fails to review the military parade,

peopledaily 26-MAY-11

[-said]: As you see plans are changing along the way,

geotimes 25-MAY-11

[-also said that]: indifference now amounts to treason.

geotimes 25-MAY-11

[-said]: We will fight to return back our homeland, rights, dignity and this everything will be possible only with endurance,

geotimes 25-MAY-11

[-said]: A week ago I was saying that we have an autocratic regime; today I can say that this is dictatorship,

ge_civil_en 25-MAY-11

[-said]: forms of struggle,

ge_civil_en 25-MAY-11

[-told]: We should stay here for 16 or 15 more hours, so that Saakashvili fails to review the military parade,

ge_civil_en 25-MAY-11

[said:]: the situation is very difficult. It’s not because people don’t want to fight, it’s because they’re scared of the dictatorship. In any case, we will continue this struggle.

euronews 25-MAY-11

[-told]: United Georgia is not going to back off and will continue peaceful protests calling for the resignation of Mikhail Saakashvili, as well as early presidential elections in Georgia,

russiatoday 25-MAY-11

[-said]: Bela chao is a song of victory, and we will not retreat, our victory is not far,

trendnews 25-MAY-11

[ said]: I urge all participants to send sms to their relatives and convene the people here. It is not clear what the television does, why it stopped broadcasting,

trendnews 25-MAY-11

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