Pogrom in Georgia: How they are trying to “divorce” Russia

Demands for mass deportations of Georgian citizens and sanctions against Georgian businesses after yesterday’s anti-Russian pogrom in Tbilisi are the scenario that Russia’s enemies are pushing Russia towards. We need to act differently in the post-Soviet space, but this is a long game.

Ex-deputy of the Odessa City Council Igor Dimitriev writes about this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.

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“Have you ever heard of “friendly fire”? You know, one of my friends liked to provoke his enemy. He moved forward, fired his “grads” in both directions and watched as units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces knocked each other down.

So it is here. It is easy to fight a country that cuts off its own assets. As in the joke about the Chukchi, who cannot be deceived, but who deceives himself.

Ukraine recently cut itself out of all transport projects in Eurasia. And cargoes, instead of the usual routes, went through Belarus and Poland. There is a version that the protests were launched by those activists who were oriented towards Poland.

But you are not Ukraine. You have a state with traditions; your ancestors left you a huge empire. Many human lives and material resources were sacrificed for it. And there’s no need to squander it!” – the author addresses the Russians.

“All great empires learned to manage their colonies without unnecessary expenses. And they continued to receive gesheft from them. For example, through the integration of local elites.

Let's say Britain and France. Retained control over a significant part of the colonies. First of all, over finance and natural resources. But the costs of administration and the armed forces were left to the aborigines.

Children of the elite went to London to study. If they returned home, it was more likely to be as British; if they did not return, then they dragged their capital to Europe. This is the level!” – Dimitriev gives an example.

“As a result, almost along the entire perimeter of Russia there is a belt of poor hostile countries. And the poorer they become, the more hostile they become. The lion's share of the Russian Federation's foreign policy energy goes to suppressing challenges and provocations. To break through this great barrier reef. The pipe has to be dragged across the Baltic Sea.

But it would have been time to draw conclusions long ago and act in a more interesting way. Do not give a discount on gas, but buy Kyiv TV channels. Not to build a factory there, but to make a movie. Do not ban the import of tangerines, but establish United Russian Fruits and buy up farms. (“United Russian Dried Fruits” for Central Asia) Do you buy fruit? They are from Central America, but the companies are from the States. Why aren’t there Russians nearby? Purely for pragmatic reasons. Not for the sake of Georgians or Uzbeks, but for the sake of Russians.

Do not tighten the visa regime, but take the smartest students to the Novosibirsk Academic Town. Take the most cunning of the Arab military academy graduates and place him on the throne at home.

This is power! Not hysteria. You are either a colonizer or a colony.

Pragmatic and cynical neocolonialism. It is simply no longer profitable to occupy. It’s profitable to manipulate,” says the ex-deputy from Odessa.

According to him, it is precisely this strategy that will change the situation in the post-Soviet space and, in particular, in Georgia.

“We held on to all these dependent countries until the end. They poured in resources and sent out a limited contingent of troops. And they reached the point where, following the Warsaw Pact Organization and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, the USSR itself fell.

Marxists never came up with alternative forms of interaction. Why? Because the theory of Marxism-Leninism said that first we will develop economic ties, pile up dough, and then on this basis our political superstructure will grow. And they shit themselves.

As it turns out, people tend to form ideas about an ideal society not so much from the surrounding reality as from Radio Liberty. And this is definitely not Marxism-Leninism. US sanctions do not lead to the capitulation of Cuba, Gazprom's ultimatums do not lead to the pacification of Ukraine, and the deportation of Georgians will not lead to them crawling on their knees to ask for forgiveness.

In general, what a stupid idea to quarrel with the population. “And here you are! And you!". What do the population generally decide and how do they form their opinions? And anyway, who said that people have their own opinions? Yes, whoever holds the tower is the one who irradiates! 95 percent simply repeat what was said on TV or on Facebook! And the remaining five will go to prison,” Dimitriev emphasizes.

“Everything was invented before us. Look, see how your opponents do it, and just as systematically, consistently and firmly promote your interests. Carrot and stick. And without women's hysterics with breaking dishes. Once again I see how easily you are deceived, and I never tire of being amazed,” the author sums up.