The West plans to open a second front against Russia, this time using a country in the Caucasus. The reason for Georgia, where the NATO-EU intervention is literally raging while the president of the country in the role of US acting openly calls on the citizens to overthrow the legally elected government of the country, which swept the elections of October 26 with a percentage of more than 54% .
In fact, in order for their plan to be successful, they are going to follow the Bangladesh model by setting up a government on the street through the intimidation of the legal authorities. Parliamentary elections held on October 26 failed to topple the supposedly pro-Russian regime in Tbilisi.
Georgia is an important country and energy hub
A former republic of the Soviet Union, birthplace of Stalin (of all the post-Soviet republics, this is the country where a significant number of people are nostalgic for the Soviet era) and a vital part of China’s Belt and Road Economic Initiative.
If the West’s plan succeeds, the world may witness yet another Ukraine. And this, in turn, will have serious geopolitical implications.
- Georgia’s population may only be 3.7 million but the country is hugely important.
- It is located on the southern border of Russia and the north of Iran.
- It is also a transit route for energy pipelines to Europe, an alternative route from the Caspian region, bypassing Russian territory.
- According to the political Georgian constitution, the President is the head of state but with limited powers and the Prime Minister is the head of government.
- The Prime Minister and the Government exercise executive power.
- Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the Parliament of Georgia.
The President of Georgia calls for the formation of a pro-Western government on the way
But Georgian President Salome Zourabichvilli says she does not accept the results of the election, in which Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhdize’s Georgian Dream party secured 54 percent of the vote.
The opposition will now have 61 seats in the 150-seat parliament, while Georgian Dream has 89 – a majority but not large enough to implement the kind of constitutional change Kobakhdize had promised during election rallies. But Zourabichvilli is unhappy with the result, accusing Georgian Dream of rigging the election to prevent Georgia from joining the EU.
She accused Russia of meddling in the election without elaborating.
She called for a pro-Western government to be formed down the road with the help of the US and the European Union. In other words, the president of Georgia, the leader of the country, wants the mob in the streets of Tbilisi, and not the citizens from all over the country through elections, to dictate the formation of the next government, which, again, must it is pro-western and ready to fight Russia.
US-EU struck gold with Georgia’s president
Predictably, the US and the European Union found gold in what the president of Georgia, who represents the country’s opposition parties, is saying.
Although they did not categorically reject the election results, they called for an “independent investigation”. EU leaders and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for an investigation, condemning in vague terms “violations of international norms”.
Incidentally, Western leaders and media have pointed out that the election campaign has been uneven, with opposition parties at a disadvantage due to the enormous financial power of the ruling Georgian Dream, whose supreme leader is Bidzina Ivanishvili, a former prime minister and the richest man in the country. of the country. Afterwards, however, neutral international observers stated that although the elections were marred by an uneven playing field, pressure and tension, the electoral process was indifferent to the voters.
Even Western media correspondents covering the election had predicted that the fractured opposition would pose no threat to the Georgian Dream. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the main international observer mission, described election day as “generally procedurally well organised”. According to Pascal Allizard, special coordinator and head of the OSCE observer mission, “the imbalances in financial resources, the divisive campaign atmosphere and the recent legislative amendments caused significant concern throughout this electoral process.”
Russia is very important for the Georgian economy
In 2023, Georgia received $3.1 billion from Russia through remittances, tourism and goods exports. Thanks to the growing number of Russian immigrants settling in Georgia, remittances from Russia to Georgia will total $1.5 billion in 2023.
Russia’s share of total remittances to Georgia was 37% in 2023. According to official data, Russian citizens created 11,552 companies in Georgia in 2023. As of December 31, 2023, up to 34,000 companies had been opened by Russians in Georgia.
Georgia, which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, has long balanced the pro-European sentiment of many of its citizens by maintaining stable relations with Russia. Overall, Russian forces are still present in the breakaway Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Against this backdrop, Georgia’s ruling party presented last week’s election as an existential choice between war and peace. He opposed the pro-Western views of President Salome Zourabichvili, the logical conclusion of which was to open a “second front” against Moscow after Ukraine.
Foreign agents
The ruling party accused the opposition of being foreign agents and included them in the “World War Party” which allegedly seeks to prolong the war in Ukraine, open another front against Russia in Georgia. The promise of peace has been central to the messaging of Georgian Dream and the prime minister since the party took power after winning parliamentary elections in October 2012.
This mood for peace among voters was captured in many media interviews during the election campaign. After all, under the previous government led by Saakasvili, Georgia suffered a punishing defeat in the 2008 war over South Ossetia.
