Russia interested in change of power but not in destruction of Georgia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia's weakness, which became evident during the August events, engendered some neighbor states' intention to make good at its expense, Segodnya Russian newspaper reports.



In an article titled "Who will have Georgia's remnants?" the newspaper reminds of some Azeri media reports about Azerbaijan's plans to grant Azeri citizenship to residents of Georgia's Kvemo-Kartli region. Besides, it was reported that Ankara will urge Tbilisi to grant de facto autonomy to Ajaria and repatriate Turks Meskhetians.



"Some Russian political scientists have already supported the idea. Orientalist Alexander Sotnichenko thinks that such plans prove that both Turley and Azerbaijan label Georgia as a failed state. The fact that a maniac came to power in Georgia is not a reason to partition this country. In other words, Russia is interested in change of power but not in destruction of Georgia. Furthermore, the shift of regime is in the interest of Georgia itself, since it will save the country from human and territorial loss," the article says.