Finance Minister says more Russian citizens were arriving in Georgia before pandemic

According to Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili, more Russian citizens were entering Georgia before the pandemic.

According to him, the fears expressed in this direction is absolutely incomprehensible.

"First of all, when we talk about unprecedented growth, we should look at the numbers and quantity. If we look at the numbers, we have to compare them to the relevant period. We can't compare them to the pandemic period, when borders were closed and border checkpoints were virtually non-functional, and we can't compare them to the period when there were travel restrictions. Of course, we have to compare these figures with the period before the pandemic, and if we do so, we will see that these numbers have not increased, but halved. Therefore, the fear expressed in this direction is completely incomprehensible. This information is public, this information is available, and therefore, any person can access it, analyze it. Therefore, we do not see any risks in this direction, that any type of problem may exist in the country", said the minister.