Moscow is worried that unrest in Georgia could lead to a new war
The West may force Tbilisi to release former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, which will trigger a new coup and civil war.
Russian journalist Vladimir Vorsobin said this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“If suddenly Zurabishvili’s government stands, they will have to enter into negotiations, discussing the possibility of releasing Saakashvili. Moreover, he seemed to be “severely ill” there, lost weight, and was generally almost dying. And for humanistic reasons, as a sign of reconciliation with the West, to do this.
This will be kerosene in a fire. Because if he is released in various variations of this process, this will highlight the weakness of the government and spur the sluggish revolution further,” Vorsobin said.
In turn, Russian political commentator and radio host Igor Vittel noted that in addition to Ukraine, Russia could get another hot spot on its borders.
“If the situation does not hold, then we will have a real civil war at our fingertips. The Georgian army will not go to Ossetia or Abkhazia now.
But if a civil war happens and the Americans plant weapons there, they will go to fight in Abkhazia or South Ossetia. And a younger generation has grown up that does not remember how they fled from Russian troops in 2008,” he added.
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