Tbilisi protest crackdown: PM says no Ukrainian Maidan scenario in Georgia

[u/speakhyroglyphically]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tbilisi-protest-crackdown-pm-says-no-ukrainian-maidan-scenario-in-georgia/ar-AA1v2aPD

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[u/speakhyroglyphically]

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that there will be no Ukrainian Maidan scenario in the country. He made this statement following the crackdown on protests in Tbilisi, reports Sova News.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze blamed opposition parties and foreign partners for the clashes that occurred during the protest. He also claimed that the opposition allegedly tried to achieve the "Ukrainization of Georgia."

Kobakhidze asserted that for the past three years, the candidate status for EU membership and the issue of opening negotiations had been used "as the main tool to damage Georgia’s image."

"They still don't realize that, unlike Ukraine in 2013, Georgia is an independent state with strong institutions and, most importantly, experienced and wise people whose strength no one can undermine. The Maidan scenario cannot be implemented in Georgia. Georgia is a state, and the Georgian state will not allow it," Kobakhidze said.

Protests in Georgia

It should be noted that on November 28, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that the country would refuse to start negotiations for EU membership until the end of 2028. He also stated that Georgia would not accept any financial assistance from the European Union.

This led to protests in Georgia, accompanied by clashes between demonstrators and security forces. There were also arrests, beatings, and injuries.

Dozens of Georgian diplomats condemned the suspension of the country’s European integration. Ukraine also criticized the dispersal of the protesters and expressed disappointment over the disruption of EU integration.

On the evening of November 29, a new large-scale protest began in Tbilisi, which was dispersed by the security forces. By the morning of November 30, the police had completed the crackdown, and footage of the beatings of protestors, including journalists, was published online.

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[u/speakhyroglyphically → u/[deleted]]

You only placed a quote so i dont know if youre asking a question but Yes, thats the president. Not the PM. As the article is about. She is firmly in the hands of the EU.

[u/3xploringforever → u/[deleted]]

I'm not doubting all of this because I also tracked NED activity in Ukraine from 2012 to 2014, and have read extensively about Cold War influence and propaganda operations. But something that doesn't add up: if we're to attribute Georgia's pro-EU protests to U.S. State Department influence, why are U.S. covert agencies not also taking action in the U.S. right now? Much like the recent Georgian election, the U.S. election was a referendum on whether to align with the West or Russia, and Russian alignment won. So we're to assume the U.S. covert agencies always interfere in other countries that vote to align with Russia, but the U.S. covert agencies ("deep state" one might say) doesn't interfere in the U.S. when the U.S. votes to align with Russia?

[u/Aggressive_Rent_4344 → u/3xploringforever]

Trump isn't pro Russia. Republicans aren't pro Russia.

US foreign policy has been the same for at least 40 years.

Public comments to the contrary are for public consumption.

[u/Efficient_Ant5479]

Why was Georgia abandoned by the EU?

[u/TeaBagHunter → u/Efficient_Ant5479]

From the top comment:

It should be noted that on November 28, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that the country would refuse to start negotiations for EU membership until the end of 2028. He also stated that Georgia would not accept any financial assistance from the European Union.

Idk anything about the issue just highlighting what i read

[u/Aggressive_Rent_4344 → u/Efficient_Ant5479]

It wasn't.

Georgia has the highest concentration of Western NGOs, probably in the world. About 10,000.

I'm sure most are very small but they are vehicles for regime change. It starts with legitimate advocacy but morphs into regime change.

They want Georgia to open another front vs Russia. Similar to 2008.