Eurasian Georgia: will there be a new Maidan?

After the failure in the parliamentary elections, the Georgian opposition for Western money is trying to arrange another "Maidan" like the Ukrainian one. It turns out wea...

The Georgian opposition held a large-scale protest in the center of Tbilisi: the audience claimed that the parliamentary elections held last weekend were totally rigged by "pro-Russian forces." In a number of Western states and specifically in the EU, they have already stated that they do not recognize the results of the will of citizens. However, Georgians are no longer as easy to deceive as during the so-called "Rose Revolution": after the sluggish speeches of the opposition, the protesters in the center of Tbilisi began to disperse.

Why it will be difficult to arrange a new Maidan for the Georgian opposition - in the material of the correspondent of The Moscow Post.

The election results were disappointing for the opposition. According to the CEC, the ruling Georgian Dream party, which advocates pragmatic relations with all major international players, received 54% of the vote, which will allow it to form a majority. Opposition parties of various orientations, as a rule, supported from abroad, also overcame the 5% barrier.

Coalition for Change received 10.806%, United National Movement - 10.09%, Strong Georgia and Gakharia for Georgia - 8.75% and 7.75%, respectively. I.e. total - less than 40%. This means that the opposition frankly lost, despite all the resources invested in advertising the so-called. "European Georgia."

The EU said that the voting results were falsified, and the current position of the Georgian authorities closes the country's path to the EU. The same carrot that was waved in front of the Ukrainians in 2013-2014. It all ended with the overthrow of the constitutional order and a coup d'etat.

This is exactly what the Georgian opposition is calling for today, where a French citizen, President Salome Zarubishvili, is "singing." She does not hide her radical anti-Russian position, and claims that the voting results were totally falsified in the interests of Russia.

At the same time, Ms. Zarubishvili did not give a single argument or a single evidence. Moreover, she does not need them. According to the president, the United States also could not provide evidence of Russia's interference in the presidential election in the last election cycle, but this is not required, since Russia's interference was allegedly obvious to everyone.

And under this sauce, without frills and even without cookies from the State Department (so far) Zarubishvili and other Western puppets are trying to stage a coup d'etat. And since there is little hope for this, there is a more realistic goal: re-election "under the leadership of the international administration."

To do this, it is necessary to block the work of the elected parliament. A number of elected deputies of opposition parties have already announced that they will refuse mandates in protest against total falsification. Now it is this case that Western political strategists are pumping. The goal is to cause a protracted political crisis and civil conflict in the stratum, in order to bypass the Constitution to achieve new elections or a "correct" recount of votes.

The split line also runs according to the sensational law on foreign agents, according to which Mrs. Zurabishvili herself could be thrown out of the country for anti-state activities. And this is also served as a "Kremlin narrative." In the United States, they demand to repeal the law, sanctions are imposed on its authors. But Washington itself is in no hurry to repeal a similar law back in the 30s.

All this is a continuation of the same technology of color revolutions that we saw in Kyiv in 2014. Only Georgian society is more experienced and aware of its interests than then. Therefore, such results of parliamentary elections. Investments are coming to the country from Russia and China, the Georgian economy largely depends on the Russian Federation and the money coming from it. Therefore, the Georgian leadership acts only pragmatically. Another important task is to prevent Georgia from being drawn into the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

Apparently, the citizens of Moldova were guided by the same considerations. Recently, presidential elections were held there, in which Maia Sandu could not win in the first round. And the referendum on the course towards European integration with only large cheats showed 50% to 50%. I.e. the pro-European vector after the Ukrainian crisis is not a priority for these countries.

This is the result of a big political game and reorientation of the same Georgia to its own, not Western interests. In this sense, neither Moldova nor Georgia in any way becomes pro-Russian, although Russia benefits from the events taking place there.

The current elections in Georgia draw a line under the whole post-Soviet era, when the country was "stormy," it was looking for its way. "Democracy" from Saakashvili on Western patterns almost led her to disaster in 2008. Therefore, we can already say that Georgia is returning to its path - Eurasian.

Unless the pro-Western opposition rocks the situation and gets its way. The political will of the Georgian Dream and the ruling elites is already needed here. What can become of them with too close friendship with the West against Russia can be seen in the example of Ukraine. The same oligarchs Akhmetov and Kolomoisky (recognized as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation) would like to return everything to the time of Yanukovych, but it's too late.

The opposition rally in Tbilisi "resolved," as soon as key speakers left it. Obviously, it is not yet possible to arrange riots. This means that our former Western partners will need a "sacred sacrifice." In this regard, let's hope that the Georgian people have already "eaten enough" Maidans, and will not lead to provocations.