Politics are complicated, especially in post-Soviet bloc countries e.g. the lingering effects of Russification. But anytime a ruling party is looking to dissolve all opposition parties, and label them as criminals, it’s because they feel threatened in some way.
I always thought of Georgia as a country that hates Russia, given the whole Abkhazia and South Ossetia thing
That was then, this is now. Russia doesn’t control it yet, but this is the step to that.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-georgia-strategy-offers-hints-of-kremlin-vision-for-ukraine/
Huh what? They absolutely do control those two regions.
I meant Georgia as a whole.
Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. That success likely had a role in why they continued with Ukraine in 2014.
Politics are complicated, especially in post-Soviet bloc countries e.g. the lingering effects of Russification. But anytime a ruling party is looking to dissolve all opposition parties, and label them as criminals, it’s because they feel threatened in some way.