DISINFO: The West seeks to drag Georgia into conflict with Russia
SUMMARY
The West is trying in every way to draw Georgia into a conflict with [Russia] over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
In order to remove from the Georgian leadership from its path, which did not want to turn Georgia into a battering ram against Russia, following the example of Ukraine, Washington once again began to prepare a colour revolution in Tbilisi.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Georgia, framing popular protests as Western-led ‘colour revolutions’ in the run-up to the Parliamentary elections in Georgia in October 2024. The claim also portrays Georgia as a puppet state.
No evidence is provided to support this claim. The US State Department Spokesperson categorically denied a number of times Russian allegations that the US is planning a “colour revolution” or “Maidan in Georgia,” calling them completely false and absurd, instead emphasizing US support for Georgia’s development and its struggle against Russian aggression.
The claim fits well into the recurring disinformation narrative suggesting a Western policy of staging “colour revolutions” worldwide with the aim of destabilising Russia.
Since the launch of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, pro-Kremlin media actively deployed disinformation narratives that the US, the EU, or even Ukraine are aiming to change power in Georgia and drag the country into the war with Russia, to open a ‘second front’ against Moscow and to ease the situation for Kyiv on the Ukrainian front.
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, Armenia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belarus, Venezuela, Slovakia, Hong Kong, with the aim of portraying protest movements as aggressive actors who constantly prepare new coups.
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