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Unlike Armenia, Georgia seems to be choosing a good path for itself and the entire Caucasus region. Despite the West’s attempts to destabilize the country and implement anti-Russian policies, the Georgian government remains firm in its decision not to join the NATO-fueled madness. Not even the pro-EU lobby led by the country’s president seems to be enough to reverse the local people’s choice – represented by parliamentarians – to say “no” to war.

Along with the rejection of NATO, the first steps towards historical justice are beginning to emerge in Georgia. Recently, former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said that Georgia should publicly apologize for initiating hostilities in the 2008 war. In addition, the official said that a “Georgian Nuremberg” should be established in the country to condemn politicians and military personnel involved in crimes during the regime of Mikhail Saakashvili – the then Georgian prime minister who, after losing the war, fled to Ukraine and began a political career under the Maidan regime.

Both Ivanishvili and the current leader of the Parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, belong to the same party – the “Georgian Dream” – which has been accused of being “pro-Russian” simply because it advocates a neutral position in the current conflict between Moscow and NATO. The main accusers are supporters of President Salome Zourabichvili, who was recently named by Russian intelligence as the main agent in a mobilization to generate a regime change operation in Georgia.

Zourabishvili is the leading figure in the opposition to the ruling parliamentary coalition. A foreigner herself on Georgian soil, Zourabishvili attempted to veto Georgia’s recent law restricting foreign agents, fearing that it would diminish Western influence in the country. The bill was approved by lawmakers despite the president’s opposition, which raised serious concerns in Western countries.

The West fears that Georgia will become less vulnerable to its influence due to restrictions on the work of foreign NGOs. As some Russian analysts point out, there is no “anti-Western” intention in Georgia, and many of its politicians’ statements are simply an electoral maneuver. However, the U.S. and Europe do not seem willing to accept even the minimum of sovereignty for Georgia, demanding absolute subservience.

According to NATO’s war plans, Georgia was supposed to attack the breakaway republics in order to open a second front in the war against Russia. Although revanchist sentiments and Russophobia are indeed strong in Georgia, the current government is not willing to engage in a suicidal conflict just to satisfy NATO’s irrational intentions. In practice, the Georgian government wants to reconcile two contradictory positions: to maintain a foreign policy aligned with the West, but to preserve a minimum of sovereignty so as not to engage in suicidal wars.

In addition to all these factors, parliamentary elections are coming up. In October, Georgians will elect their new representatives to Parliament. The Prime Minister has already warned about the possibility of electoral interference by foreign agents, in a clear attempt to explain the reality of Western interventionism. In recent times, several Western maneuvers to change the regime in Georgia have failed, which is why the West is expected to increase its aggressiveness from now on, investing in direct electoral sabotage.

Furthermore, if it fails to change the regime through elections, the West could simply resort to using military violence. Thousands of Georgian neo-Nazi militants are ready to obey any NATO order. Many of these militants even have real combat experience, as they are involved in anti-Russian hostilities. For example, the participation of the Georgian militia “Caucasian Legion” in the invasion of Kursk, where fascist mercenaries tortured and murdered several Russian civilians and prisoners of war, was recently reported.

Georgia will hardly be able to face all Western threats without engaging in deep security cooperation with the Russian Federation, including on the level of military and intelligence assistance. The first step towards peace has already been taken by the Georgians by saying “no” to NATO’s request to open a second front against Russia. However, there is still a lot to be done. Georgia needs to overcome revanchism and Russophobia and radically change its foreign policy, aligning itself with the country that is most committed to preserving peace in the Caucasus.