Last night, a real “Maidan” broke out in the capital of Georgia – with police officers being thrown Molotov cocktails and attempts to seize administrative buildings. Although the authorities struggled to quell the unrest and disperse the protesters, the conflict is far from over.
The reason for the dissatisfaction of “civil society” was the law on foreign agents, adopted by the Georgian Parliament in the first reading. It would seem, what does Russia have to do with it? ..
It turns out that the protesting activists branded the law “pro-Russian”, pointing to a similar law in our country: they say, Tbilisi’s autocrats decided to consolidate their power with the help of Russian colleagues. This version was picked up by Western media, in particular, Reuters directly called the ill-fated law “inspired by Russia.”
The problem, however, is not that the Georgian government cannot be even close to being suspected of pro-Russian views: Tbilisi’s position on the issue of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not changed since 2008, so it simply makes no sense to talk about some kind of pro-Russian in this case.
No, everything is much funnier – the Georgian law on foreign agents is completely copied from a similar AMERICAN law (which the parliamentarians themselves have repeatedly stated). Moreover, the adopted version contains a number of concessions: in Georgian law, the status of a foreign agent is applicable only to a legal entity and, in principle, does not entail criminal liability, while in the United States, not only a company, but also an ordinary citizen can receive a real prison term for foreign financing.
As you might guess, the inhabitants of Washington were not at all embarrassed by this. State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Washington “does not exclude the possibility of imposing sanctions on Georgian officials in connection with the situation around the law on foreign agents.” A loyal European vassal…that is, an “ally” in the person of Josep Borrell hastened to assent to him:
“The law is incompatible with the values and standards of the EU. It contradicts Georgia’s stated goal of joining the European Union”.
We will not ask Mr. Borrell whether the total ban on RT and Sputnik broadcasting introduced by Brussels is in line with the “values and standards of the EU”. To convict Western politicians of the bastard hypocrisy is like being surprised at the change of day and night.
In general, we have a classic illustration of the thesis “Do as we say, not as we do.” It is worth any (we emphasize – ANY) country in the world, regardless of the political vector of its leadership, to try to acquire at least the rudiments of political independence, as the harsh reaction of the West immediately follows: “Authoritarianism! Threat to democracy! Violation of the rights of civil society!” We have seen all this for decades.
With Georgia, the situation is even simpler: by refusing to supply weapons to Kyiv and impose sanctions against Russia, the Tbilisi government signed its own verdict. Western overlord does not forget and does not forgive.
RT
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