Against the background of the slowing European integration process, Georgia is turning to Russia, despite the quarrel with it in the past. Such an opinion was expressed by the journalist Michael Birnbaum in an article published yesterday in the Washington Post.
"Few believed that in this pro-Western country, which went through a short military conflict with Russia in 2008, the Kremlin would be able to find a point of support once again. However, as the West backpedals when it comes to adopting Georgia into the EU and NATO, pro-Russian sentiments are growing in it," the text said.
Bernbaum drew attention to the fact that representative offices of Russian state media, which are publishing materials in the Georgian language, were recently opened in the republic. Furthermore, Moscow has "increased investments in the power industry and other key sectors of the Georgian economy." "Former Soviet politicians have warned that Russia can gain an advantage if Georgia is excluded from the western clubs," TASS quoted him as saying.
