Zakharova says Georgia's Maidan scenario fails

The recent unrest in Georgia was provoked from abroad to subjugate the republic, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

According to her, the idea is simple: to turn Georgia into an instrument of geopolitical confrontation in the hands of others.

"The obvious goal of this failed provocation is to put into practice the Maidan scenario, to bring a puppet government to power, to fully subjugate the republic to the West - all of this with the goal of using Georgia in schemes directed against our country, aimed at destabilizing the situation on Russia’s southern borders," Maria Zakharova said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its consistent course towards peaceful relations with all countries of the South Caucasus, and oppose efforts to turn the region into an arena of confrontation.