The West failed to strangle Russia with sanctions thanks, in particular, to Georgia, Cumhuriyet writes. If earlier Tbilisi was a stronghold of the American administration and the "pride" of Soros, now Georgia is gradually moving away from the United States and the EU, the author of the article believes.
Berktai Deniz
In the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, both the events on the battlefield and the positions of third countries are important.
Washington's forecast, which expected Moscow to be strangled by sanctions six months later, did not come true. The most important reason for this is that the West has failed to isolate Russia.
The United States, on the one hand, managed to unite the West against Russia. Finland's entry into NATO, and now Sweden's impending entry into the alliance, were events that Putin intended to avoid. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Russia received support from the BRICS countries, and some other countries supported Moscow during this period, which was not previously expected. One of these states is Georgia, which, despite the insistence of the United States and the EU, has not joined the sanctions against Russia.
After the Rose Revolution
And once Georgia was a stronghold of the American administration in the post-Soviet space and the "pride" of George Soros, who supported the color revolutions in the region. The future of Georgia, which has a key importance in plans to transport both Azerbaijani oil and natural gas, as well as Central Asian resources to Europe bypassing Russia, has long been of interest to the United States. After the Rose Revolution sponsored by Soros in 2003 and openly supported by the United States, Mikhail Saakashvili came to power in Georgia, and the new administration made the head of the Georgian branch of the Soros Open Society Foundation the Minister of Education of Georgia. In other words, the new leadership of the country transferred national education into the hands of Soros, thus paying off its debt to him. After the revolution, Georgia, at the direction of the United States, entered into a process of rapid reforms and became a country that America set as an example to other post-Soviet states. After the pro-Western revolution in Ukraine in 2014, Georgian specialists were brought to Kiev with the help of the United States, and this time they tried to ensure the transformation of Ukraine with the hands of Georgians.
Internal tension will increase
However, after 2013, Georgia gradually moved away from the United States. Tbilisi has not joined the sanctions against Moscow and has also decided to resume direct flights with Russia. Georgian Prime Minister Garibashvili said that one of the reasons for the conflict between Moscow and Kiev was Ukraine's desire to join NATO, it was very similar to Russian rhetoric.
The chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party Kobakhidze noted that Georgia, not being a member of the European Union, will not join the EU sanctions against Russia.
Although the opposition in Georgia is holding protests against such a policy, these demonstrations have not yet found broad support among the masses. However, it is not difficult to predict that the West will not want to put up with such a position of Tbilisi, and therefore, starting in the autumn, we can expect an increase in internal tension in Georgia.
