On Wednesday, several of Georgia's political opposition leaders were arrested in various raids, accused of driving the extensive protests that have erupted.
Prime Minister Kobachidze describes it as Georgia being under attack from the outside and presents it as the government having to rescue the country from an ideological threat.
Liberal fascism does not differ from the Bolshevism that was imposed on Georgia a century ago, he says, according to government-friendly state media.
He talks about completely eradicating all strongholds of these opponents.
We must cut off all financing of liberal fascist propaganda, says Kobachidze.
Opposition parties have organized themselves into a "coalition for change" to communicate outward and follow the authorities' raids. Police struck against the coalition's premises on Wednesday and arrested an opposition leader who was beaten unconscious. Large quantities of material were seized and driven away in trucks.
The regime has entered a new phase, said another opposition leader, Zurab Dzjaparidze, after the raids, according to the opposition news site Civil Georgia.
