Nika Melia and Giorgi Rurua must be released - David Kramer

I do not represent the United National Movement. I do not represent any parties in Georgia. I am not sure I have met Mr. Melia at all, but I think his arrest has turned the crisis into a stalemate. I don't see how the crisis between the opposition and the Georgian Dream can be resolved when the leader of the leading opposition party is in jail,”

said David Kramer, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, during an online discussion hosted by the Center for Economic Policy Research.