The Georgian military experts are NATO messengers in army of Ukraine

Military instructors from Georgia try to transfer experience of «Americanization» of army of the former Soviet republic which they got during Saakashvili’s board to Ukraine. The founder and head of Institute of Eurasia (Tbilisi), the Candidate of Political Sciences Gulbaat Rtskhiladze answers the questions of «The world and we».
— Recently the law of no criminal prosecution of the Georgian citizens who are at war on the party of the Ukrainian army was adopted in Georgia. For what purpose was this decision made and does it mean certain priorities of Georgia in foreign policy?
Certainly, this is political decision. It follows from a difficult internal political situation which exists now in Georgia. The present power seeks to avoid ardent criticism from «National Movement» in every possible way. But it is only one of motives of this law adoption. They first of all want to please to Americans.
And they know that it is the American project — the members of «National Movement» never could organize such flow of the Georgian military to Ukraine. And therefore to avoid charges of the pro-Russian policy, the present authorities took such populist, short-sighted step which is fraught with the most negative consequences.
It threatens Russia with nothing — these «heroes» aren’t able to be at war normally all the same. But it becomes rather for political, symbolical reasons. And these military can turn back against the Georgian government. They definitely won’t be able to overthrow Putin, to win Donbass too, but can be involved in case of internal, Georgian opposition, of course — to arrange an act of terrorism or other violent action.
— Do you know something of the Georgian citizens' participation in the conflict on Donbass as instructors who coordinate, direct the Ukrainian military?
We had information from the very beginning of events — in April, 2014 we knew phones of those persons who were engaged in recruitment of people to Ukraine. There are also the instructor and common military men.
—Do the military experts have the purpose to become a link between the Ukrainian army and NATO structures, to transfer experience of «Americanization» of the former Soviet republic army which they got in Georgia at the time of Saakashvili?
Yes, there is such communication. I would consider this factor that the so-called preparatory centre under the auspices of NATO opens in Georgia. Actually it will be military base, but NATO troops won’t be placed on this base yet. But it will be already official place where these NATO instructors and including those people about whom you told can gather and make what they want. It should be considered as used here.
Obviously, the West tries to open the second front in the south of Russia. It doesn’t mean the unleashing of real war, but creation of continuous pressure from the South — in this direction Americans started affecting Russia very actively. They don’t satisfied with such sluggish, spineless policy of the Georgian government which actually conducts now not the so Georgian policy, but doesn’t conduct also the anti-Russian policy on the other hand. But Americans want that Georgia became pronounced anti-Russian force in the region again. And everything goes to it — the strongest pressure is put upon the Georgian government by the USA.
But there is also other aspect in involvement of the Georgian instructors — it shows that affairs of Ukraine and its army are very bad if they started inviting both military experts from Georgia, and members of «National Movement» holding high posts in the past and now appoint them to any positions in Ukraine.
— What is the relation in Georgia to these appointments, including attempts to find a suitable position for the former president Mikheil Saakashvili?
Those appointments which were made by the Kiev regime are already a serious insult of the Georgian management and whole Georgia. To this situation the opinions were shared and the part of the population considered that Ukraine protects the territorial integrity and all our sympathies have to be on side of Ukraine.
But after these appointments of members of «National Movement», all of them started abusing the Ukrainian management. Of course, political parties, elite, non-governmental organizations and journalists can express other opinion, but common citizens, certainly, are negatively adjusted in relation to the Ukrainian government. Ukraine lost all points, all sympathies among that part of the Georgian population which hates «National Movement». And this is absolute majority in Georgia.
— On January 31 the meeting passed in Tbilisi on which demanded to punish Saakashvili and showed extreme discontent with authorities in power. Who was the organizer of this meeting and what were the purposes of it?
It was meeting on which the perfidious murder of Yury Vazagashvili was protested. This is the person who fought against Saakashvili’s regime all last 10 years, tried to achieve punishment of murderers and customers of the murder of the son and his acquaintances who were shot on the embankment in Tbilisi in broad daylight. They were imputed some criminal activity — allegedly, they conceived a certain crime and were killed in advance!
Recently Yury Vazagashvili was killed, blown up on a grave of own son. And it excited all Georgian public because we have such disgrace. Besides everyone was convinced that exactly the members of «National Movement» stood up for this murder. And people went into the streets — they were organized by Patriotic Alliance party. It called not only the supporters, but also all to go into the streets and to express the position. Naturally people are very dissatisfied with such sluggish policy of the government which tolerates such terrible crimes.
And it turned out «incidentally» that law enforcement agencies very quickly could detain the suspected of this act of terrorism organization, Yury Vazagashvili’s blowup which allowed to ease a situation a little. But it doesn’t change a problem essence — the government behaves inertly, in Georgia there are no resolute reforms on improvement of the country condition. The foreign policy remains almost the same as at members of «National Movement». And in such conditions Georgia can’t hope for the good future.