Salome Zourabichvili, the former pro-European president of Georgia, has said that newly launched criminal cases against opposition leaders are the ruling Georgian Dream party’s response to the European Union’s Enlargement Report, which described Georgia as a “nominal candidate” and urged the government to “urgently reverse their backsliding on democracy,” News.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

Salome Zourabichvili, the former pro-European president of Georgia, has claimed that the country’s movement toward the European Union has been deliberately halted under Moscow’s instruction, News.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said had no evidence of any Russian interference in the recent parliamentary elections , but considered the country's ruling party's ties to Moscow "obvious," News.Az reports citing Izvestia.

If the ruling Georgian Dream party wins the parliamentary elections in Georgia, the country will continue its course of sovereign development, , said Political scientist Vaso Kapanadze on Friday, October 25.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the bill on foreign agents, Zurabishvili said during the briefing, News.az reports.