Georgia's possible rapprochement with Russia.

Georgian Prime Minister Proposes Resetting Relations with the US, 07.24.2024.

Tbilisi offers Washington a restart of relations and is waiting for corresponding steps, this meets bilateral interests, Kobakhidze believes. Earlier, the US imposed sanctions against Georgia for "human rights violations".

Georgia is proposing a restart of relations to the United States, which is equally in the interests of both countries, Prime Minister and Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party Irakli Kobakhidze said at a press conference. His words are quoted by Interpressnews .

"We want to offer our American partners a different agenda, which means a reset. You know how much has gone wrong in these relations over the past three or four years. Against this background, Georgian-American relations need a reset," he said.

Kobakhidze called the statements of Republican Congressman Thomas Kean, who compared the Georgian Dream’s policy toward the opposition to “a dictatorship not typical of close partners of the United States,” counterproductive. During the House hearings, he also expressed hope for a manifestation of the unwillingness of voters in both Georgia and Moldova to “submit to the Kremlin’s wishes.”

"To reset relations, first of all, it is necessary to be fair. On our part, all possible steps will be taken to reset relations. The main thing is to see the steps taken by the US government," the Georgian Prime Minister said.

Relations between the United States and Georgia have worsened since the adoption of a law on foreign agents in the republic. It requires the registration of non-governmental organizations and media outlets whose foreign funding exceeds 20% of their annual income as "organizations implementing the interests of a foreign power." Opponents of this initiative call it "pro-Russian" due to its similarity to the law on foreign agents in Russia. Mass protests took place in Georgia during its consideration. The Kremlin denied information about Moscow's influence on this law. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili intends to challenge its adoption in the Constitutional Court.

The State Department warned that this law would hinder Georgia's European integration. The Venice Commission called it anti-democratic and allowed its use to suppress critics of the government. On June 6, the United States imposed visa restrictions on dozens of Georgian citizens who are considered to be involved in human rights violations.

https://www.rbc.ru/politics/24/07/2024/66a0c2fa9a79478a2a9ce563

Georgia points to restrictions on rights and freedoms in Moldova, by Dmitry Alexandrov from Tbilisi for VZGLYAD. 07.24.2024.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has called on Western critics of his country to pay attention to restrictions on rights and freedoms in Moldova, a Vzglyad correspondent reports in Tbilisi.

"Recently, about ten television companies have been closed in Moldova. Political pluralism is limited in Moldova, Moldova is a member of the CIS, but no one remembers this when they criticize Georgia," he said at a press conference.

"There is not the same interest (from the West) in Moldova as there is in relation to Georgia. We see bias and double standards in this," he said.

“Georgia hopes that the United States will formulate a fair, correct and pragmatic course towards Georgia, and then we will be able to reset relations,” said Irakli Kobakhidze.

According to him, military actions in Ukraine “will end in a year if the Democrats win in the US, and in six months if the Republicans win.”

“After this, the situation in the region will change, and therefore the attitude towards Georgia will also change,” he noted.

"For now, specific forces in the United States have interests in Georgia that do not correspond to our national interests. Starting next year, we hope to return our bilateral relations to their previous tracks," said the head of the Georgian government.

According to him, they wanted Georgia to open a “second front,” but they did not achieve this, which is why specific forces are hysterical.”

https://vz.ru/news/2024/7/24/1278966.html

Georgian State Security Service: Ukraine is preparing to assassinate Bidzina Ivanishvili, by Dmitry Alexandrov from Tbilisi for VZGLYAD. 07.24.2024.

Former Georgian government officials and security forces currently in Ukraine are preparing to assassinate the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, the State Security Service of Georgia announced on July 24, a Vzglyad correspondent in Tbilisi reports.

The statement notes that an investigation is being conducted under the articles “Conspiracy or rebellion for the violent change of the constitutional order” and “Terrorist act”, which carries a prison sentence of up to ten years.

It is noted that “the criminal acts are being prepared by former Georgian government officials and former employees of security forces located in Ukraine.”

Among such acts, according to the State Security Service, is “the preparation of the murder of the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.”

According to the State Security Service, “the goal of these actions is to destabilize Georgia and, against the backdrop of a weakening government, to violently overthrow the government by destructive forces.”

As Vzglyad newspaper has already reported, the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia is questioning citizens who returned from Ukraine after participating in military operations.

https://vz.ru/news/2024/7/24/1278956.html

Georgia Links Ivanishvili Assassination Attempt to Fico and Trump Shootings, 07.24.2024.

The same forces that intended to shoot Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico and former US President Donald Trump were preparing to assassinate Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told reporters, TASS reported .

The Georgian State Security Service has reported that preparations were underway to assassinate the honorary chairman of the ruling party, Ivanishvili . The statement claims that the terrorist attack was planned and financed by former high-ranking officials of the Georgian government and former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who are now in Ukraine.

"In the recent period, two terrorist attacks were committed: one in Slovakia, the second in the United States. This is a common pattern that characterizes the same global political forces," Kobakhidze said at a briefing.

68-year-old Bidzina Ivanishvili (also known as Boris in Russia), as noted by Forbes andBloomberg , made his fortune from various assets in Russia in the 1990s. Among them were the Stoilensky and Mikhailovsky mining and processing plants in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the bank "Russian Credit", the agro-industrial company "Stoilenskaya Niva", the pharmacy chain "Doctor Stoletov". In 2003, he began selling assets, the businessman got rid of the last ones in 2012. His fortuneBloomberg estimates it at $7.3 billion.

After Georgian Dream won the 2012 elections, where its main competitors were supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili, Ivanishvili became prime minister of Georgia, but left his post a year later.

At the end of 2023, the billionaire announced that he would return to political activity. The next parliamentary elections are scheduled for this year in Georgia.

An assassination attempt on Trump occurred on July 13 during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. As he walked onto the stage and began to deliver a speech, gunfire erupted. Trump grabbed his ear and lay down on the floor of the podium. He was surrounded by bodyguards. It later turned out that Trump had been shot in the ear — the bullet had grazed the former president. The former president was released from the hospital that same day.

Fico was attacked on May 15 after a visiting session of the Slovak government in the town of Handlova. The prime minister was shot several times, and was wounded in the chest, stomach and arm. Fico underwent two surgeries and was transferred home from the hospital in late May to continue his recovery.

https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/66a0d1bd9a7947272a824074

Georgian Prime Minister Comments on US House of Representatives Criticism, 07.24.2024.

Georgian PM: US House Committee's Criticism Unfounded.

TBILISI, July 24 - RIA Novosti. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze believes that the criticism of the US House of Representatives Committee is unfounded.

On July 23, the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs criticized the Georgian authorities for adopting a law on foreign agents.

"In reality, when we heard such an assessment in Congress, it indicates that a pragmatic position on Georgia has not yet been formulated. We saw unfair attacks on the Georgian state. The criticism that was voiced in Congress has no basis," Kobakhidze said at a briefing.

Georgia's adoption of a law on foreign agents has been criticized by the EU and the US. The Pentagon said the US had indefinitely postponed joint military exercises with Georgia due to a review of bilateral relations. The exercises were planned for July 25 - August 6. The Georgian authorities have repeatedly stated the need to reset relations between the countries.

On May 14, the Georgian Parliament adopted the law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence" in the third and final reading, despite street protests. On May 18, Georgian President Zurabishvili vetoed the law on foreign agents, calling it "Russian" and "unconstitutional." Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili signed the law on foreign agents adopted by parliament on June 3 after the president refused to do so. Papuashvili then explained that after signing the law, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia will develop all the necessary regulations and create an electronic portal for organizations within 60 days. After 60 days, those organizations that have significant foreign funding will be required to register on the portal and declare their finances for 2023.

https://ria.ru/20240724/kritika-1961736923.html

Georgia seems conflicted, begging to enter the club without paying the 'cover charge'. They talk about an unwillingness to “submit to the Kremlin’s wishes” while negotiating their submission to NATO/EU's wishes, they're obviously afraid of being used against Russia the way the Ukraine has. Someone should tell them that famous quote from Kissinger;

"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."

Investigators in Tbilisi are interested in the commander of the "Georgian Legion", by Dmitry Alexandrov from Tbilisi for VZGLYAD. 07.24.2024.

Investigation into possible terrorist attack against Ivanishvili interested in commander of Georgian Legion.

The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia, which is investigating the case of possible preparations in Ukraine for the murder of the honorary chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream Bidzina Ivanishvili, is interested in the connections of those being questioned with the commander of the Georgian Legion fighting for the Ukrainian Armed Forces Ushangi (Mamuka) Mamulashvili, a Vzglyad correspondent reports in Tbilisi.

This was stated to the Imedi TV company by the lawyer of one of the mercenaries who returned from Ukraine, Mikhail Ramishvili. “They asked if you knew Mamuka Mamulashvili,” Ramishvili said.

According to Imedi, several returning Legion fighters have already been summoned for questioning, and on Thursday, local deputy from Poti from Saakashvili’s radical opposition United National Movement, Lasha Rukhaia, is expected to answer questions from the investigation.

In October 2023, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a search for Mamulashvili, who was prosecuted in absentia in Russia in connection with the case of recruiting mercenaries for military operations on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On Wednesday, the Georgian State Security Service stated that former Georgian government officials and security forces located in Ukraine are preparing to assassinate the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

After the Georgian Dream came to power in 2012, former President Mikheil Saakashvili and a number of prominent security officials from his system moved to Ukraine. In particular, former Georgian Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili is now an assistant to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, and former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Georgiy Lordkipanidze holds one of the key positions in Ukrainian military intelligence.

https://vz.ru/news/2024/7/24/1279071.html

Kremlin condemns preparation of terrorist attack against Ivanishvili, 07.24.2024.

The Kremlin does not know the details of the assassination attempt on the founder of the ruling party "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia" Bidzina Ivanishvili, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

"I cannot comment because I do not know the details. We condemn any assassination attempts, we believe that this is unacceptable," TASS quotes him as saying . He also spoke out against "bringing illegal forceful methods" into the political struggle.

https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/66a13ffc9a79479a77ebcdb4

Georgia wants to join HATO and the EU but they clearly don't understand either.

It is all do as the US says no matter what or you get murdered or couped... or there is a war with Russia...

The US and EU can't even save themselves and Georgia and Ukraine and Armenia and Finland and Sweden all think they can save them.

Pretend the danger is Russia and then protect them by putting them on the menu.

Ironic the leader to be assassinated is the leader of the Georgian Dream Party... if you think being part of the colonial west is going to be a dream then you haven't been paying proper attention.

They will make you fight Russia... a battle they wouldn't win so they send you to do it for them, and they block your relations with anyone they don't like, which essentially is the rest of the world...

Finland and Sweden and Ukraine and Georgia and Armenia have essentially signed up to stay in a small house in Austria with a land lord named Mr Fritzl... below ground accommodation only.

Georgia is a limitrophe toilet like Armenia that is now fully captured by the NATzO west. They were experiencing a dose of realism but that cannot
override their fundamental mental disease: inferiority complex driven hate against Russia. When Stalin was removed from an embalmed state like
Lenin, there were riots in Georgia. They did not suffer the brutality of the 1930s and were not proportionally represented in the gulag population.
But we see how Chechens who were subjected to essentially a genocide like Armenians in Turkey (they lost half their population with masses dying
in cattle cars transported to camps), have a vastly more sane national focus.

A sane policy for Georgia, Armenia, etc., is neutrality and fair trade with Russia. Not war whoring and hate masturbation.

Rodion_Romanovic wrote: Georgia will transform in a few days into a second front against Russia (if the opposition wins the election): Kobakhidze

Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze:

Georgia will transform into a second front against the Russian Federation in a few days if the opposition wins the October parliamentary elections. I guarantee this based on the information in my possession.

After the start of the war in Ukraine, the opposition and the Ukrainian leadership called on Georgia to send military personnel to the conflict zone. This would mean the full inclusion of Georgia in the confrontation with Russia."

Georgia has enough experience not to lead the country down Ukraine's path.

I wish a nigga would. Russians have zero problems genociding disgusting churkas. Just ask their Turkoman cousins.

Russia wont complain either way. Georgia are not part of HATO and there are already plenty of Georgian Mercenaries fighting there anyway... so if Georgia wants to send forces to the Ukraine then that makes military targets in Georgia legitimate targets if they are actively involved in the war.

Sending 100,000 Georgian soldiers wont shift the balance or change the outcome... most could be taken out enroute to the conflict, and as they move around the battlefield the Russians seem to have gotten rather good at finding enemy forces and hitting them in their rear areas.

The Georgian government should simply point out that the opposition want to send Georgian men to their deaths to fight a conflict that really does not have anything to do with Georgia and is a conflict the US wants fought yet is not prepared to openly send troops to fight and wants Georgian troops to go instead.

The US and west wont shower money and praise on Georgia no matter how many men they might lose... they didn't over Georgia sending men to fight for HATO in Afghanistan either...

"Second Front Against Russia": Georgia Made an Unexpected Statement, 07.30.2024.

Kobakhidze: Front against Russia will open in Georgia if Saakashvili's party wins.

MOSCOW, July 30 — RIA Novosti. A second front will open against Russia in Georgia if the party of former President Mikhail Saakashvili, the National Movement, wins the parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said. He was quoted by the Georgian Channel One.

"Theoretically, if we allow the return of the National Movement, we will be left behind with European integration and everything else. I guarantee that if such a theoretical scenario could be imagined, it would not take them a week to open a second front here," the politician predicted.

Representatives of Georgia's ruling party have repeatedly stated that Ukrainian officials and their supporters from the opposition United National Movement party want to open a "second front" against Russia in the Transcaucasian republic.

The leadership has also promised not to allow the "Ukrainization" of the country.

Parliamentary elections will be held in Georgia on October 26. The opposition party of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, the United National Movement, has created a new political union for the elections with the Strategy Aghmashenebeli party and other politicians under the name Unity for the Salvation of Georgia.

https://ria.ru/20240730/front-1962977299.html

The US announced the suspension of the aid program to Georgia, by Olga Ivanova for VZGLYAD. 07.31.2024.

The US authorities have decided to suspend the aid program to Tbilisi in connection with the adoption of the law on foreign agents in Georgia, according to a written statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

He clarified that the US is suspending aid totaling more than $95 million, which was directly directed to support the Georgian government, TASS reports .

Earlier, the leaders of the EU member states adopted a statement following the summit in Brussels , in which they stated the actual suspension of the process of Georgia's accession to the EU. The reason was the adoption of a law on foreign agents in the republic and the deviation from the recommendations of the European Commission on this issue.

https://vz.ru/news/2024/7/31/1280103.html

When the west acts like this you know you were doing something that would help you and hinder them... keep doing it and learn to work for what you earn and not to become dependent on their handouts.

A lot of that "aid" money was likely being directed at destabilizing Georgia. It was not being given randomly to Georgians and you can bet it was
directed, even if it was dished out by the government. Everything the US does is a CIA psyop.

US threatens to hit NATO applicant with sanctions, 08.01.2024.

Relations with Georgia have deteriorated since the country passed its so-called foreign agents law.

The US may introduce sanctions against Georgia to force the former Soviet republic to change its policy course in line with Western countries, Deputy Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday.

Relations between Washington and Tbilisi deteriorated after Georgia passed a so-called foreign agents law in May. The legislation obliges non-governmental organizations, media outlets, and individuals who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as entities “promoting the interests of a foreign power,” and to disclose their donors or face fines of up to $9,500.

“You asked about sanctions, we are actively considering our options there. I won’t preview anything, but we are looking at it,” O’Brien told the committee, noting that Washington has been reviewing aid provided to the South Caucasus nation.

He expressed hope that the Georgian authorities would change their policy in the near future, adding that Washington is ready “to support everything that will contribute to fair and free parliament election in Georgia this fall.”

“A year ago, we saw signs of the wrong path and then the governing party reversed its course and made enormous strides, I’m hopeful that this can happen again in the next months,” O’Brien said.

The controversial bill was initially introduced in the Georgian parliament in early 2023, but was withdrawn in March of that year due to protests. However, the draft was brought back in May this year and approved despite an attempt by the country’s pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili to veto the legislation.

While opponents of the new law have described it as an attack on democracy and labeled it as “Russian” because Moscow has similar legislation, supporters have emphasized that it is similar to laws that numerous Western nations, including the US, have in place.

In December 2023, Georgia received the status of a candidate country for accession to the EU. Last month, Brussels said it had put on hold the process of the county’s accession to the bloc and froze a €30 million ($32.5 million) payment allocated to the Georgian Defence Ministry.

Earlier this week, the US suspended more than $95 million in aid to the Georgian government, citing the controversial law.

O’Brien urged the Georgian authorities “to make the foreign agent law compatible with EU law” rather than the Russian one. He also voiced other demands that Washington is placing on Georgia, including “not having China to develop a deep water port” in the country’s western seaside town of Anaklia, and “having free and fair elections without violence against civil society.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/601957-us-sanctions-georgia-nato/

Georgia Comments on Suspension of US Funding for Lugar Centre, 08.05.2024.

MP Tsilosani: Public Health Centre in Tbilisi Will Continue to Operate.

TBILISI, August 5 - RIA Novosti. The Lugar Centre for Public Health Research in Tbilisi will continue to operate despite the suspension of funding from the United States, Nino Tsilosani, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Monday.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on July 31 that the US was suspending its financial aid program to Georgia in connection with the adoption of a law on foreign agents in the country. The EU had previously suspended funding for the Georgian Defence Ministry for the same reason. Earlier, Georgian media reported that the Lugar Lab in Tbilisi received $10 million annually from the US, and part of the frozen $95 million was intended for it.

"There is some information that because of the suspended amount, certain studies will not be financed at the Lugar Laboratory. However, it is necessary to inform the public that, of course, the Lugar Laboratory will work properly and continue to perform its function," Tsilosani told reporters.
The Russian side has repeatedly expressed concern about the Pentagon’s activities in placing its medical and biological laboratories in close proximity to Russian borders.

https://ria.ru/20240805/gruzija-1964165146.html

Georgian President Surprised That US Has Suspended Financial Aid to Army, 08.05.2024.

Georgian President Zurabishvili Surprised That US Suspended Financial Aid to Army.

TBILISI, August 5 - RIA Novosti. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili believes that the strict reaction of the American side in response to the actions of the ruling party "Georgian Dream" was expected, but she does not understand the termination of funding for the Georgian army and the Lugar laboratory.

"The strict response of the US was expected, I don't know whether the leadership is surprised by this or not, perhaps they should not be surprised... I regret, as the President of Georgia... I understand only two things, everything else must be accepted and corrected. I do not understand the budget limitation for our army and I do not understand the limitation of funding for the Lugar laboratory, if this is really so," Zurabishvili said at a press conference.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on July 31 that the US was suspending its financial aid program to Georgia in connection with the adoption of a law on foreign agents in the country. The EU had previously suspended funding for the Georgian Defense Ministry for the same reason. Earlier, Georgian media reported that the Lugar Lab in Tbilisi received $10 million annually from the US, and part of the frozen $95 million was intended for it.

The Pentagon previously announced that the United States had indefinitely postponed joint military exercises with Georgia in connection with a review of bilateral relations. The exercises were planned for July 25 - August 6. The Georgian authorities have repeatedly stated the need to reset relations between the countries.

The Russian side has repeatedly expressed concern about the Pentagon’s activities in placing its medical and biological laboratories in close proximity to Russian borders.

https://ria.ru/20240805/finpomosch-1964282619.html

The US is expecting a Latin American style coup by the Georgian army. No surprise here.

Georgia should say they will be happy to repeal the law when the same but much stricter law in the US is repealed...

Interesting that the US can have laws to protect them from foreign interference but the EU and Georgia cannot.

Ironic because that law would never be used against Israel... a very selectively used law indeed.

There is no proper decision making because we are dealing with compradors. The politicians are bought and paid for and so is a large chunk of "civil society".
These people are not acting in the interests of their countries, they are acting in their own petty interests. That Russia did not fall into this same toilet
is rather impressive. Yeltsin was clearly pushing it there but failed. Not enough compardor whores and too many patriots. Patriots that were prepared
to sacrifice for the country.