The larisation programme, which supposedly was to solve the loan problem, has effectively failed

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Zurab Tchiaberashvili’s statement is TRUE.

2017 is the first year when part of the trade deficit was covered by the sum of tourism and direct investments

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Kobulia’s statement is TRUE.

The number of international visitors to Georgia in 2018 was 8.7 million. Of that amount, there were five million tourists. Tourism revenues also increase

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Giorgi Kobulia’s statement is MOSTLY TRUE.

In the third quarter of 2018, for the first time in the history of Georgia, current account balance is positive and reached 0.3% of the country’s GDP

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Koba Gvenetadze’s statement is TRUE.

The Georgian Dream came to power with a promise to halve utility prices. However, the electricity tariff has increased instead of being halved

FactCheck concludes that Levan Khabeishvili’s statement is True.

In 2017-2022, the capital expenditures to GDP ratio will be 8% on average which is more than the GEL 25 billion value project

Verdict: FactCheck concludes that Ivane Machavariani’s statement is TRUE.

In the last five years of the Georgian Dream’s rule, pension has increased twice, by GEL 10 in 2015 and by GEL 20 in 2016. Pension did not increase in 2018 and a GEL 20 increase is envisioned in the 2019 state budget which will not compensate for the rise

GEL has depreciated for objective reasons. All of the currencies of the countries around us have depreciated more than our currency

In my time, debt decreased by 50% as compared to Shevardnadze’s time. The Georgian Dream has doubled the debt in six years

In 2003-2012, the GEL denominated absolute figure for the national deb

As compared to 2012, budget revenues have increased by 50%. This means that the taxable income of Georgian citizens increased by 50%

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

As a result of GEL depreciation, people have lost 60% of their real income

5.8 million international travellers visited Georgia in the first eight months of 2018 which is 12% more as compared to the same period of the previous year... The largest international media platform put Georgia in the top ten countries to visit in 2018