Kakha Kaladze, mayor of Tbilisi, said that he considers the opposition to be hypocrites who oppose the restoration of direct flights with Russia. "They are ordinary hypocrites.

What's wrong with direct flights, if people come to us through direct flights instead of flying through Yerevan or other countries? After all, we say that a lot of Georgians live in the Russian Federation," he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin abolished the visa regime for Georgian citizens from May 15.