Irakli Okruashvili

I worked with Mikhail Saakashvili for more than six years. I was his right-hand man. He never accused me of anything during…

— Irakli Okruashvili

The West didn't see our real situation, and we were blinded by the compliments coming from the Europeans and Americans.

— Irakli Okruashvili

[Mikhail] Saakashvili will use all legal and illegal means possible to remain in power. People are being threatened to prevent them from…

— Irakli Okruashvili

I think that our society will not allow anyone to establish a dictatorship again in the future. [Mikhail] Saakashvili will fail.

— Irakli Okruashvili

Mikhail Saakashvili would do everything within his power to destroy me, first as a politician and then as a person. All government…

— Irakli Okruashvili

We lived in a totalitarian system for more than 70 years, and our views are still under its influence. Many heads of…

— Irakli Okruashvili

Georgian society can no longer be divided. I don't want to see our country's best minds leaving the country to try their…

— Irakli Okruashvili

I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard…

— Irakli Okruashvili

I hope to be granted asylum. Deportation [ from Germany] that would be a death sentence for me.

— Irakli Okruashvili

As long as [Mikhail] Saakashvili is president, I will be unable to prove my innocence in Georgia. Seen in this light, there…

— Irakli Okruashvili

Our prison in Georgia is a very different place from this prison here in Berlin. The conditions there are inhuman.

— Irakli Okruashvili

I made mistakes. My supporters and I failed to prevent a main like [Mikhail] Saakashvili from acquiring absolute power. I should have…

— Irakli Okruashvili