I do not need to have freedom, I am a free man, I fight for the freedom of others and my country

I do not need to acquire freedom, I am a free man, I fight for the freedom of others and for the freedom of my country, and my endurance of all this is a form of my struggle - in the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, where the final trial of Nika Gvaramia is taking place, the CEO of the "Mtavari Channel" gives his closing word:

"What matters to me is why I'm here and whether it's my conscious choice or not. It's clear that it is. I hear it on television and from the conversations of people who come to me, sometimes I get the impression, come up to me like an exotic giraffe in a zoo and tell me how well you're holding up and how you're sitting?

I never thought I'd hear that about myself in my life. I'm surprised they think that, I can't imagine how it should be otherwise. I can't stand it, I'm serving a punishment, a punishment that doesn't belong to me, and it makes me stronger knowing it doesn't belong to me. That I put up with it is my choice. I do not need to acquire freedom, I am a free man, I fight for the freedom of others and for the freedom of my country, what I tolerate in this way is a form of my struggle.

Unfortunately, in these months I have few other opportunities to fight, so I fight as best I can, as you can fight between 4 walls unjustly imprisoned. My fight goes on, I do what I used to do, only in a different way. So I think we should talk about the endurance of people when they fight death. Like Misha, for example. It's gotten to the point where everything is unbearable because the man is seriously ill. I will ask him out of here and ask him to be strong and take care of his health first, not just his family needs him alive. I will not go on.

Other than death, all experiences are valuable and it is also interesting what's happening to me now, no one thinks I like it there, or that it's easy to be isolated without kids, without a wife, without friends. The children part is the hardest for me because I still see Sophie, even though I can't touch her, I'm forbidden, I can't see children, unfortunately. I could handle it relatively easily, but what bothers me the most is that they worry," said Nika Gvaramia.

The parties have already given their answers. It is possible that the second instance will announce its decision today.