We all remember how today`s most vocal "Russophobes", Elene Khoshtaria, Zurab Japaridze, Misha Mshvildadze and others, welcomed Russian tourists to Georgia, Russian money, which at the time supposedly "had no smell" – Kobakhidze
Following Russia`s occupation of Georgian territories in 2008, the UNM not only refrained from pursuing a tougher policy toward Russia, but shortly after the war, regime`s leader personally welcomed Russian citizens at the border – Kobakhidze