Georgian protesters have their own “Yolka”

On Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, where protests continue, protesters decorated the “yolka” with Georgian and Ukrainian flags and pictures of beaten media workers. SOVA reported this on Sunday, December 8.

It was noted that the utility workers were not able to assemble the entire New Year’s tree decorations, despite the fact that the police created a border ring around it.

As a result, the upper part of the structure is “dressed” with artificial branches, and the lower part is hung with the flags of Georgia, the EU, Ukraine and the USA, as well as photos of Georgian media employees who were injured during the dispersal of protests since November 28 or who were deliberately attacked by security forces or “titushki”.

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said that the New Year’s tree will definitely be “brought into proper shape.”

The installation of the New Year tree on Rustaveli Avenue began before 4 am, without protesters standing near the parliament.

However, they returned on the night of December 8 and continued to protest against the Georgian authorities’ announcement to suspend European integration until the end of 2028.

As you know, during the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, the authorities also began to install a New Year tree in Independence Square, but it remained unassembled and became a symbol of protests. The installation of the “Christmas tree” was the reason for the violent dispersal of Euromaidan on November 30, 2013. The Christmas tree was called “Yolka” because of a slip by Yanukovych, who at the meeting could not remember the word “Yolka “.

We remind you that the day before it was reported that “titushki” beat the opposition and journalists in Tbilisi.