Georgian opposition activist denies plotting coup

"This lie has come from the authorities, and whoever endorses this lie, voluntarily or for some other reason, will stand hand in glove with this dishonorable leadership, whose days in power are numbered," Sarishvili said.

The Georgian authorities are preparing for another tide of arrests of opposition activists, she said.

"I do not rule out that attempts on my life and the lives of other members of Igor Giorgadze's political team could be made," she said.

The Tbilisi City Court released Maya Nikoleishvili, the leader of the movement Anti-Soros, on bail of 10,000 lari on Friday evening. Nikoleishvili had earlier been arrested along with 12 leaders and activists of parties and organizations supporting Giorgadze.

Rustavi-2 television reported that Nikoleishvili agreed to collaborate with the investigators following several hours of interrogation and testified that the other detainees had hold a secret meeting in Tbilisi on May 4 to discuss a coup plan.

/Interfax/