DISINFO: The US intends to drag Georgia into the war with Russia
SUMMARY
The US' task is to create an arc of fire around Russia, and in this regard, Georgia occupies the most important geographical position on the southern border of Russia. The goal of the West is to change the government in Georgia, which automatically means war with Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives accusing the US of anti-Russian policies, Russophobia and an allegedly belligerent and hostile agenda trying to encircle Russia, and claiming Georgia is a US puppet state. See also Russian Myths: no.5 Encirclement.
This story aims to portray Russia as a victim and deflect any responsibility for Moscow’s illicit actions and to blur and deflect attention away from the reality of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.
From the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the emergence of a new and democratic Russia and up to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014, the US and EU have been trying to establish good-neighbourly relations with Moscow. According to the 1997 Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation, Russia was viewed as a partner of the alliance.
Since the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, pro-Kremlin media actively deployed a disinformation narrative falsely claiming that the US, the EU, or even Ukraine are dragging Georgia into the war with Russia in order to open a ‘second front’ against Moscow and to ease the situation for Kyiv on the Ukrainian front.
This disinformation narrative often appeared in the context of showcasing various protests in Georgia as a foreign-led ‘colour revolution’ or a coup attempt. Pro-Kremlin media frequently falsely portray popular protests around the world as instigated from abroad, often by the US and the West. The disinformation narrative has been applied, among others, to reports about protests in Georgia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belarus, Venezuela, Slovakia, Hong Kong, with the aim of portraying protest movements and activists as aggressive actors who constantly prepare new coups.
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