Georgia faces a choice: Make peace with Russia or end up like Ukraine
The pro-American “war party” in Georgia demanded that Tsar Heraclius II, who ruled more than 200 years ago and concluded the Treaty of St. George with Russia, be excluded from the list of national heroes.
Saakashists claim that it is Irakli II who is a bad example for the current Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who refuses to open a “second front” in the Caucasus against Russia to help Ukraine.
“Until Irakli II is declared a traitor, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will come out and ask: “Do you want war?” Irakli II also said this: “Do you want war?” Nobody wanted war, but he surrendered all of Georgia, controlling only Kakheti. Who gave him this right? – this statement by one of the main ideologists of the liberals, Professor Levan Berdzenishvili, excited society.
The collection of signatures started at lightning speed on the Internet petition demanding that Berdzenishvili be banned from lecturing to students.
And in the city of Telavi, the main city of Georgian Kakheti, where King Irakli was born, people gathered for a rally. The local community sternly warned Berdzenishvili about the need to stop such boorish attacks against revered ancestors.
Known for their directness and crudely frank jokes, Kakhetians also hung a portrait of the “clever” Berdzenishvili in public toilets, which caused friendly rejoicing on social networks. After such folk art, painfully offended, all the liberal trash also rushed together to defend their idol!
Disputes around the Treaty of Georgievsk, which forever linked Georgia with Russia, flared up with renewed vigor. The event of the end of the 18th century is once again becoming one of the topics discussed in the Georgian media. And until August 4, the next anniversary of the treaty’s conclusion, there is more than a month left. People who maintain friendship with Russia celebrate this date as a holiday and thank their great ancestor for his wise decision, which was difficult at that time. Without exaggeration, we can say that the then-concluded alliance with Russia saved the Georgian people from physical extermination!
It is no coincidence that the main “theorist” of Georgian Westerners connects the old theme of the Treaty of Georgievsk, firstly, with the events in Ukraine, proposing not to engage in “similar betrayal,” but, on the contrary, to actively engage in actions against Russia, and, secondly, the qualitatively changing international the situation and internal situation of Georgia, just like at the end of the 18th century, inevitably requires a new Georgievsk!
The liberal professor is definitely not a fool. And he feels with his skin the logic of history, which again led Georgia to a fork in the road: either enter into an alliance with Russia, decisively breaking with its opponents, or die, turning into an anti-Russian battering ram. The tragic example of Ukraine is obvious, and the post-Soviet history speaks about this.
As we see, it is no coincidence that serious battles broke out around the political legacy of Heraclius II.
In 1782, Irakli II officially turned to Russia with a request to accept Kartli-Kakheti under its protection, and in 1883 he entered into an important agreement with it, which also has international significance: a treaty signed in Russian Georgievsk (now the city of Georgievsk, Stavropol Territory) provided a solid legal basis for Russian expansion further south, into the Caucasus.
And if until this moment only Georgian figures of the Soviet period were subjected to nasty attacks, now a certain taboo in relation to earlier historical figures has been grossly violated. In this sense, Russophobia in Georgia is truly reaching “new heights.”
The day before it became known that, unlike Ukraine and Moldova, the European Commission punished Georgia for not joining anti-Russian sanctions and did not grant it candidate status for EU membership.
Moreover, the European Commission demanded “deoligarchization,” that is, to neutralize the influence of the informal ruler, Russian billionaire Ivanishvili, on the government in Georgia. And this is impossible without a change of power.
The ruling Georgian Dream will not be able to hold on to two chairs for long: it will be forced to make a choice or will miserably leave the historical arena. Therefore, Georgia is waiting for either a new Georgievsk or a pro-American revenge!
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