Statements on the democracy backsliding are stigmatization, a Soviet method - Kobakhidze on the statement of Shaheen and Baerbock

According to the Georgian Dream chairman Irakli Kobakhidze, the use of such terms as democratic backsliding, state capture and so on, is a continuation of the fake campaign being developed, the main line of which is stigmatisation.

According to him, stigmatisation is a Soviet form of PR campaign, "so talk of democratic backsliding is unacceptable to us". According to him, "those who carry out stigmatisation are all using Soviet methods".

Senator Jeanne Shaheen made a statement yesterday about democratic backsliding, while the German foreign minister, arriving in Georgia today, said they saw attempts to move away from the country's pro-European course. In the US, the senior director of the National Security Council for Democracy and Human Rights said they were clearly concerned about the decline of democracy in Georgia.

"I will reiterate, as far as Baerbock's comment, I don't know the context and it would be difficult for me to comment, as regards stigmatisation and the use of terms such as backsliding of democracy, oligarchisation, clan, state capture and so on, these are Soviet methods.

- Is Jeanne Shaheen using Soviet methods?

- I don't care who started it, we urge everyone not to use these Soviet methods, the campaign of stigmatization.