“Russia plays the role of the main force preventing the spread of the far-right, fascist infection to the post-Soviet space”

Dear friends,
I would like to convey our comradely greetings of the Socialist Platform of Georgia.
Representatives of various organizations and social movements have gathered in this hall today, united by one common goal. To help to prevent a global catastrophe, where the imperialist forces led by USA and NATO are leading us all!
We fully share the general spirit of all our friends who are speaking at this conference.
As you know, Ukraine is repeating the post-Soviet path of the history of Georgia, which turned us unfortunately into the main anti-Russian country in the South Caucasus region. In 2003, an unconstitutional coup took place in Georgia, the so-called “Rose Revolution”. Anti-Russian propaganda, militarization and the degree of police pressure on the opposition increased sharply. Arrests of politically objectionable people began. Secret special groups were created to physically eliminate the opponents of the regime. This one-man regime of the ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili was established in our country.
A large-scale anti-Ossetian and anti-Abkhaz campaign unfolded. Eventually, in August 2008, the regime began military action against the separate region of South Ossetia. Moscow, which has repeatedly warned the Saakashvili regime not to embark on a military adventure, deployed its armed forces. Georgia faced its most powerful northern neighbor in a direct military conflict, which ended into a disaster. The country de jure fell into three pieces, the economy stopped, and many civilians lost their lives.
In 2012, against the backdrop of an acute political crisis, the Saakashvili regime fell and a moderate political force came to power.
Regarding one of the main specific issues of the conference—the conflict in Ukraine, we must note that the anti-constitutional Kiev coup of 2014 directly affected the internal political situation in Georgia. The ultra-right revanchist forces immediately became more active and began to attempt to destabilize the situation over and over again.
Over the years, such attempts of destabilization have escalated several times into attempts to break into parliament and other government institutions. In 2019, Kiev intelligence services carried out a special operation against Georgia and ensured the secret transfer of ex-President Saakashvili across the state border in order to lead a coup before the local parliamentary elections. As a result, the adventurer was detained, and the attempt of destabilization was prevented.
The last attempt of a violent coup was prevented by the country’s State Security Service literally a month ago.
The Kiev authorities openly support the far-right forces of Georgia. They have repeatedly called on Georgia to invade the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and repeat the 2008 adventure.
We know that the Kiev junta will not calm down and will continue to organize provocations against Georgia in order to force it to join the anti-Russian military confrontation and destroy, destroy and destroy the same way it has destroyed (I can’t pronounce the phrase “my country”) the country under its control and the Ukrainian people. Only Hitler did this to his people!
The US and the EU are coordinating their actions with Kiev and exerting unprecedented pressure on Tbilisi. The Georgian government holds a defensive position and does not allow the country to join the anti-Russian economic blockade, which would lead to an economic disaster. As you know, Georgia receives the lion’s share of energy resources, as well as such socially important products as wheat, flour, sunflower oil, buckwheat and other products from neighboring Russia, where it also exports its agricultural products. Even an economic confrontation with Russia, not to mention a military one, would cause us a socio-economic catastrophe and lead to revenge of the pro-fascist aggressive forces.
Dear friends, Russia was forced to stop in time the process of turning a huge neighboring country into a hostile military fist in the hands of NATO.
Today, it is Russia that plays the role of the main force preventing the spread of the far-right, fascist infection to the post-Soviet space. In the event of a military victory for Kiev, interethnic and interreligious confrontations will immediately escalate throughout the post-Soviet space, including Central Asia, and even Russia itself. The fire of war and destabilisation will spread everywhere.
Georgia has already gone through the fascist Saakashvili regime, through war and devastation, and does not want to turn back into chaos.
We are horrified by Kiev’s open pressure over Tbilisi, by their blatant attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of Georgia. We consider the Kiev regime an enemy not only of the Georgian, but also of the Ukrainian people!
That is why many progressive social and political forces in Georgia support the Russian Military Operation, considering this operation necessary, caused by the internal logic of the development of the events that took place and a difficult but forced decision by the political leadership of the Russian Federation.
Russia was forced to prevent further advance of NATO to the east and block and stop the further strengthening of the Ukrainian anti-Russian military ram. The Russian Federation could not wait for the moment when the point of no return would come and the United States would gain a decisive strategic military advantage, which would give it the opportunity to dictate terms and turn Russia into an absolutely dependent, colonial entity.
We also support the right of Palestinian people in order to work and live in peace in there own state. The ongoing war in Gaza sector today represents the genocide of Palestinian people and violence of their right. We appeal on both sides especially Israel to cease fire in order to stop the killing of thousands of civilians including women and children. At this stages, the cessation of violence is vital need and in the end, issue must be resolved fairly with the full realization of the right and freedom of the Palestinian people.
Thanks again and good luck to your battles!