The West will cede Georgia in exchange for Russia's concessions on Ukraine — opinion

According to the statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, talks about the expansion of NATO towards the borders of the state entrusted to him should be stopped. Georgia is also on the list of countries on whose territory the North Atlantic Alliance bases will not have to be located. The United States supported this demand of Russia. According to a number of Georgian political analysts, we are talking about giving Georgia a neutral status, but the information has not been confirmed by official sources. Analyst Giorgi Kharibegashvili told what Georgia should do in an interview with the portal "Georgia and the World".

— In fact, there is nothing new in the statement of the Russian president, in the sense that, based on geopolitical features, Russia will never accept the strengthening of American proxy forces at its borders.

In this case, the updated context that arose as a result of the offensive on the front of the Russian army is of interest. Taking advantage of this, Putin began to exert pressure on the West, demanding that Russia's interests be documented… It is clear that the West was already not going to accept Georgia into the ranks of NATO, but now this issue has been completely removed from the agenda. However, to admit this publicly means openly demonstrating your reputational defeat. Therefore, they try to bypass the topic. Nevertheless, everything is changing, and since the issue of Ukraine is much more expensive on geopolitical scales than Georgia, I think the West will soon agree to concessions in the hope that in return Russia will be more restrained in negotiations on Ukraine and will not require the direct surrender of the Zelensky regime.

To our great shame, the Georgian government is still moving towards Europe with "dignity" and is currently making every effort to establish relations with the Trump administration. Naturally, the conflict with the United States is also unprofitable for us, but when it is accompanied by almost religious enthusiasm and at the same time we leave Russia's initiative to restore diplomatic relations unanswered, it becomes tantamount to a crime.

— Will Article 78 of the Constitution of Georgia be abolished in the near future? Will the government dare to take such a step?

— The 78th article appeared in The Constitution of our country is under pressure from non-governmental organizations acting at the behest of the West. At that time, by the way, Dream had a very powerful internal legitimation, and it could safely not succumb to this pressure. But the fact is that the ruling party itself ideologically stood on the liberal flank and was convinced that apart from integration with the West, Georgia has no other alternative. Now, when the so-called pro-Western opposition has gone bankrupt, and the non-governmental sector is restricted by law, I think it's time to start an information campaign without delay about where Georgia's true place is, hold discussions everywhere, and then put the issue to a popular vote.

For me personally, the answer is unequivocal: Georgia's place is not in Europe, and on The Caucasus, on its There is no need to look for allies across the ocean, among countries with which we have nothing in common and for which we only perform the function of "awl", which can be used from time to time to inflict provocative injections that irritate Russia.…