“There was a time when the major part of remittances was coming from Russia. Later on, Russia was surpassed by the EU. This January, more money was transferred from Italy as compared to Russia.”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE.

“Foreign remittances in 2020 increased by 9% as compared to the previous year and reached a record high of USD 1.88 billion. This is precisely as much as the foreign direct investments in the same period. This is the country’s gross domestic product for a

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE.

“According to an authoritative credit rating agency, Georgia is ranked in the worst 63rd position based on economic risks under the pandemic”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE

“Pensions in fact dropped nearly to the 2012 figure”

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is FALSE

The Georgian Dream was saying that in four years, in 2020, they would have built 800 kilometres of highway, 50 tunnels and 50 bridges. This promise cannot be kept

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE.

In the course of the last six years, Georgia’s GDP growth exceeded that of Armenia’s only twice. In the last six years, there has not been a single instance in Georgia when the GDP growth reached 5%

FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

USD 2.1 billion was invested in Georgia in 2007 which constituted 20% of the GDP. This has never again occurred in Georgia. Under this government, the maximum figure was USD 1.7 billion which constituted around 10% of the GDP

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

State enterprises are going bankrupt. There was over GEL 1 billion in loss in 2017

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

Budget of the Parliament of Georgia was GEL 34 million in 2012, whilst it is planned to have GEL 64 million in 2019, although the salary of the MPs has not been increased

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is HALF TRUE.

Of the GEL 345 million increase in the 2019 state budget, GEL 145 million is debt

Verdict:  FactCheck concludes that Roman Gotsiridze’s statement is TRUE.

In fact, this is one of the most bureaucratic budgets (the 2019 draft budget) in the world

Georgia’s export was USD 2 billion in 2017. Officially, Georgia’s export amounts to USD 2.7 billion but USD 0.7 billion is re-export because we import and export oil as well as we import and export cars