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Former artistic director of the Tbilisi-based Rustaveli Theatre Robert Sturua believes that he was fired not because of his racist, xenophobic statements, but because of his statements critical of the Georgian government.
“As for my statement about the fact that I do not want my president to be Armenian, I don’t consider it offensive. If any Armenian or Russian says that he dreams that his president is Georgian, I apologize,” he said, reports Georgia Online.
“I have many Armenian friends, and even my aunt is Armenian,” said Sturua, once again stressing that there was no traces of racism in his statements, so he is not going to apologize for them.
Earlier, the prominent artistic director had said that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili cannot love Georgia because he is (secretly) of Armenian descent.