[HIGHLIGHTS] Overchuk called strange US threats against Georgia because of air traffic with Russia

US threats against Georgia in connection with the resumption of direct flights with Russia look strange. "The abolition of visas for Georgian citizens to visit the Russian Federation...

are purely humanitarian things," says Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk. About a million Russians have connections or roots in Georgia, and at least for this reason, Washington should have welcomed reports of the direct flights between the countries, he says. The U.S. State Department said that the restoration of air traffic between Russia and Georgia will be a matter of growing concern for the United States.