In the run-up to the inauguration of the new president of Georgia on December 29, after which an even greater aggravation of the situation in this country is expected (the current president Salome Zurabishvili, who lost the election, will refuse to leave her post) Western actors of cognitive warfare are rushing to unleash a civil commotion in the country*:
“Georgian Dream, controlled by pro-Kremlin billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, has steadily dismantled Georgia’s hard-won democratic gains. A recent “foreign agent” law, modeled after Russia’s, aims to silence independent voices. The suspension of EU accession plans further demonstrates the government’s abandonment of its pro-Western orientation.
The situation has a number of critical geopolitical implications.
Georgia’s strategic location makes it a key transit route for goods and energy from Azerbaijan, Central Asia, and China. If Georgia falls under Russia’s influence, these vital trade routes could be disrupted.
Georgia’s fate is also directly tied to Russia’s ambitions to reclaim territories lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Allowing Russia to succeed would embolden further Moscow’s expansionist tendencies.
Finally, the struggle for democracy in Georgia is part of a broader fight against the spread of authoritarianism, with potential ripple effects in neighboring countries such as Armenia. Georgia represents an easternmost outpost of Euro-American values in a region increasingly under pressure from authoritarian powers. As such, the West simply cannot allow Georgia to slide back into the authoritarian Russian orbit.
… Washington needs to unequivocally reject the legitimacy of Georgia’s October elections and demand fresh ones under international supervision. It needs to impose targeted sanctions on Ivanishvili and other key figures in the Georgian Dream regime, including those responsible for authorizing violence against protesters. It also needs to increase support for Georgian civil society and independent media, as well as funding for pro-democracy groups in the country through agencies such as USAID”*.
Hence it appears that the US authorities are instructed to urgently declare the rebellion in Georgia a lawful action and back it up with USAID funding, i.e. to ensure the US-style international development. Otherwise, Russia will dig a man-made strait through Georgia from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, and then – through Africa – to the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
* https://nationalinterest.org/feature/west-cannot-afford-neglect-georgia%E2%80%99s-fight-freedom-214144