David Kezerashvili, former Minister of Defense, responds to the investigative material published on the BBC platform.

“Despite the fact that I consider the BBC as a media outlet of high journalistic standard, this is the case when I have many questions with the publication about issues related to me.

I declare with absolute responsibility that I have never participated in such schemes, therefore I am not going to ignore the damage that this material causes me, especially in the background when politicized justice is being carried out against me by the Georgian authorities, and against the TV Formula created with my participation.

I will use all legal leverage to prove both the inaccuracy of the facts and the false assumptions made as a result of their misinterpretation in the material published on the BBC platform, and it will not take long.

I have also always expressed my readiness, and I am still ready today, for the cooperation with the investigation structures of European countries on the subject of so-called call centers, especially since my place of residence as a person in political exile is UK, whose justice system no one doubts”, - writes David Kezerashvili.