WorldPosted at: Jul 8 2019 5:41PM

Russian lawmaker suggests freezing ties with Tbilisi after Georgian reporter insults Putin

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Moscow, Jul 8 (Sputnik) Evgenii Primakov, a member of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian parliament's lower house, believes it is necessary to freeze Russian-Georgian relations after Georgian journalist Giorgi Gabunia was shown live on television insulting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Sunday evening, Gabunia opened his show "Post Scriptum," broadcast by Rustavi 2 broadcaster, with a monologue about Putin that contained extremely obscene language. The journalist's words have already been condemned by Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze. The broadcaster's CEO, Nika Gvaramia, has said he shares Gabunia's stance but considers obscene language on air unacceptable. Several hundred people gathered in Tbilisi outside the broadcaster's office demanding that Gabunia be fired.

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