A new threat of Kremlin - One day before Geneva negotiations, Gregory Karasin puts some conditions in exchange for the red lines to Georgia. In an interview with "Commersant," Karasin threatened Georgia and made promises. He called the ban on the flight a rough, though an adequate measure. But Karasin gave a message to Tbilisi that Russia intended to abolish the visa regime for Georgian citizens but stopped the process. From this interview, it is easy to read that Moscow is now waiting for the steps of the Georgian government and will decide how to proceed.
Karasin said in an interview with "Commersant" that since the change of power in 2012, the "Dream" government has built new positive relations with Russia and broke the ties with the radicals of Saakashvili"s school.
Several thousand anti-occupation rallies in the main avenue of Georgia are seen in the Kremlin as the protest of the "National Movement" and its allies only.Did Kremlin start a new political game in Tbilisi? The opposition blames the government for another concession, and the Georgian Dream insists that it will not follow Moscow"s provocation.
Sergei Gavrilov"s visit, protests, and a bloody special operation started a new stage in Russian-Georgian relations. Moscow, which has given us a tourist embargo, says that the strict regime can be canceled only for concessions. The opposition expects that Bidzina Ivanishvili"s government is ready to take another step to get closer to the Kremlin.
Experts say that the Kremlin is surprised that the results of their propaganda in the last few years have fallen overnight. Also, when they realized that Georgia"s Euro-Atlantic choice of citizens is so strong that the protest is underway for the 13th day.