The leader of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili believes that political problems can't affect the flow of tourists from Russia.
in addition, she told that tensions with Russia are long-standing, but, anyway, it did not prevent 1. 5 million tourists to come to Georgia. In her vision, the situation in Tbilisi should not have an impact on tourists and local residents.
However, she stressed that Georgia will move towards accession to the European Union, and that it is " the only way ".
Georgia this week engulfed in demonstrations of disagreement. Protesters in Central Tbilisi opposed the participation of Russian delegates in the session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy. On Thursday, the radicals seized the Parliament building, where the Russian Plenipotentiaries, in the evening they again tried to storm the Parliament. Special forces dispersed the rally, but in the following days the protests continued. Damage 240, no less than 300 were captured.
on the last working day of the week Vladimir Putin banned Russian airlines to make travel to Georgia from 8 July, and later the Ministry of transport at the time stopped the flights of Georgian airlines to the Russian Federation. Tourist operators and agents are advised not to sell tickets. The government is mandated to implement the return of Russian citizens to their homeland. The leadership of the Russian Federation promised that flights will resume when the situation in the country stabiliziruemost.
Zurabishvili of the first accused Moscow of organising the protests, calling the Russian Federation " enemy and occupier ". Dmitry Medvedev has shown that the clashes in Tbilisi is the result of internal political struggle in Georgia.
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