Russian intelligence accuses London of organizing "subversive activities" in Georgia and attempts to overthrow the ruling party

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has published a vivid statement on Tbilisi. In it, the agency accused Great Britain of organizing "subversive activities" in Georgia and attempts to overthrow the ruling Georgian Dream party.

According to the Kremlin, London is financing "about 100 youth and student associations, feminist movements, LGBT community structures" in order to intensify mass protests. In addition, Western sponsors allegedly train "future militants" to resist law enforcement and prepare sabotage.

According to Russian intelligence, all these actions are aimed at "shaking up" the Georgian opposition and returning Georgia to the influence of Western states, which are annoyed by Tbilisi's refusal to follow "liberal-globalist" values.

"As you can see, the Anglo-Saxons cannot come to terms with Tbilisi leaving the circle of their unquestioning vassals. The rule of the "Georgian Dream" causes them undisguised irritation. And London does not care about the Georgian people, who unequivocally supported the nationally oriented course of the country's leadership in the parliamentary elections last year," the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said in a statement.

Earlier, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze compared the European Parliament to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, commenting on a critical report by the EP Foreign Affairs Committee. The document says that Georgia has experienced "the greatest rollback from partnership with the EU to brutal autocracy," and the country has been "captured by a pro-Russian government." According to Kobakhidze, this report reflected a "very sad, alarming and tragic" situation in the European Parliament.

Brussels' reaction was not long in coming.

"If the Georgian Prime Minister doesn't like the Soviet Union, why is he copying its methods - jailing peaceful protesters, suppressing independent media and the opposition after rigged elections? Such things don't happen in the EU," French MEP Nathalie Loiseau Loiseau wrote on social media X.

She also asked Kobakhidze a rhetorical question: wasn't he the one who "pretended to be a supporter of European integration" before "changing his mind and stealing Georgia's future"?

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