The Press Office of the President of Georgia informs that in the interview of the President of Georgia published on the website of the Russian radio station "Echo Moskvi" on August 16, 2010 was made a very serious inaccuracy, particularly in the interview the words of the President of Georgia sounded as follows:

"We must understand that historically Russians are imperialists, all the Russian nation. But Russian State that considered itself an Empire, was always a good conqueror, but a bad maintainer". 

We are publishing an exact citation of the President of Georgia:

"We must understand that historically Russians are imperialists, I mean not the Russian nation on the whole, but the Russian State that considered itself as an Empire, was always a good conqueror, but a bad maintainer".

The representative of "Echo Moskvi" explained to the Press Office of the President that a mistake was made during the preparation of the material that is corrected at this point.