I hope to be granted asylum. Deportation [ from Germany] that would be a death sentence for me.

- Irakli Okruashvili

I worked with Mikhail Saakashvili for more than six years. I was his right-hand man. He never accused me of anything during that time. But the minute…

- Irakli Okruashvili

Our prison in Georgia is a very different place from this prison here in Berlin. The conditions there are inhuman.

- Irakli Okruashvili

I think that our society will not allow anyone to establish a dictatorship again in the future. [Mikhail] Saakashvili will fail.

- Irakli Okruashvili

[Mikhail] Saakashvili will use all legal and illegal means possible to remain in power. People are being threatened to prevent them from collaboratin…

- Irakli Okruashvili

As long as [Mikhail] Saakashvili is president, I will be unable to prove my innocence in Georgia. Seen in this light, there is a positive aspect to m…

- Irakli Okruashvili

The West didn't see our real situation, and we were blinded by the compliments coming from the Europeans and Americans.

- Irakli Okruashvili

I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard Shevardnad…

- Irakli Okruashvili

We lived in a totalitarian system for more than 70 years, and our views are still under its influence. Many heads of state in the former Soviet repub…

- Irakli Okruashvili