Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec.8 / Trend, N.Kirtskhalia /
Adviser to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs and U.S. National Security Council Russia and Eurasian Affairs Senior Director Michael McFau expressed his concern about the recent activities of subversive groups in Georgia backed by an officer of the Russian Defense Ministry.
As McFau told the Georgian Rustavi-2 television company, the United States looks forward to receiving new additional information in this case.
"We are seriously concerned about this situation, as we believe that the confrontation in Georgian-Russian relations damages security in the region," he stressed.
Zguladze said the ministry learned that Russian Major Yevgeni Borisov threatened to kill Georgian citizen Gogity Arkania's family and forced him to put together a group of terrorists to commit a series of blasts in Tbilisi. They include also blasts near the office of the opposition Labor Party and in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, as well as blast in the railway bed in the west of Georgia.
Several terror acts in Georgia in September-November were organized by the Russian special services, Georgian Deputy Interior Minister Eka Zguladze said on Dec. 7.
She said six Georgian citizens were arrested on Dec. 4 for their involvement in the blasts in the regions and Tbilisi.
On Sept. 22, a bomb exploded in a cemetery in the Digomy district, which is located between a former car market and the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi. According to Tbilisi City Hall, an explosive device was found 40 meters from the entrance to the embassy under a cemetery wall.
On the night of Nov. 28, two powerful blasts were heard in Tbilisi. The first blast took place near the office of the opposition Labor Party on the Javakhishvili Street at around 2:00 a.m. on Sunday night, which killed one woman and injured five people. The blast broke a wall of a nearby building and shattered a large window.
No one injured as a result of the second blast which took place on the railway bed near the Tbilisi railway station.