TBILISI. Nov 21 (Interfax-AVN) - Stalin would never have allowed Georgia to join NATO, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, the grandson of Joseph Stalin, who lives in Tbilisi, told Interfax.
"Stalin would never have allowed it, because it is aimed against the interest of Russia and Georgia," he said.
Dzhugashvili sharply criticized the Georgian authorities' desire to join NATO. Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, who is expected to announce the country's intention to become a NATO member at the Prague summit, "is acting like an enemy of the people."
"Shevardnadze is making a historical mistake by choosing NATO over Russia," Dzhugashvili said.
Dzhugashvili is a retired colonel and is a specialist in military history. Until recently he has been heavily involved in politics. He headed the New Communist Party of Georgia, but has now left this post.