Influential media have accused the Governor of Odessa in instigating the pogroms of Roma.
The statement of the Governor of the Odessa region during the recent pogrom of the Roma is difficult not to notice the incitement.
This writes vlyatelnym publication Foreign Policy, in the article “the Most famous reformer of Ukraine succumbed to the temptation of populism”.
The publication quotes Saakashvili, in which he says he shares the outrage of the local population, and accused the Roma of drug trafficking.
Remembering his early hopes for Saakashvili reformer, FP declares that he has now revealed his “dark side”. “His inflammatory rhetoric at such a sensitive moment does not correspond to the way the Western reformer”, – writes the edition.
FP also mentioned the statements of the members of the team of the Odessa Governor who also responded negatively about the Roma community.
Saakashvili accused the journalist of Foreign Policy in the wrong interpretation of his words.
