Onizhedeti in Georgia: What can Russia oppose?
Real hysteria in Georgian opposition circles and Western-funded NGOs was caused by information about the prospects of opening a Russian-Georgian university in Georgia. The onslaught turned out to be so powerful that high-ranking officials of the ruling party were forced to refute the announcement; the Georgian Ministry of Education issued a special statement, declaring the news “deliberate discrediting of the education system and the state.” The director of the Georgian-Russian University spoke openly about the possibility of opening a university for the first time...