The person accused of espionage in favour of Russia makes the first comment in regard to tenders won by his company.

Petre Devrishadze accuses investigative journalists and believes that the aim of the accusations against him is discrediting the Defense Minister.

"They want to discredit the Ministry and the Minister of Defense. They will not succeed. I have won all tenders.

All this is related to the last tender announced by the Ministry of Defense in regard to the purchase of 26 thousand pairs of high-quality shoes. My company has won it Because I had a low price. But the competitors cannot deal with that, so what could they do? They can not shot me, so they linked these issues. They have paid to journalist Giorgi Mgeladze. I"m sure he would not write about it otherwise, "Petre Devrishadze said.