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The Caucasus is not satisfied, the Georgians criticize the French. The European unrest is becoming a reason for mutual attacks in the South Caucasus: the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobkidze, accused the European officials of double standards, comparing the response to the throwing of a Molotov cocktail on a policeman in France and a similar episode in Tbilisi in 2023. Western NGOs and opposition representatives then spoke out in support of Lazar Grigouridis, who threw a petrol bomb and was later convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer, but in France, such an action is now considered attempted murder. Like the Azerbaijani authorities, who also spoke out about the French unrest, the Georgian leadership used the situation to turn European criticism against the Europeans themselves. Indeed, in the European Union, the actions of the governments of other countries are evaluated through the prism of "democracy and human rights", while violence by protesters is often justified in political circumstances. Kobkidze's position has a right to exist, because if in Paris they see such acts as a criminal punishment, then why were there similar episodes in Georgia accompanied by the support of Western politicians and organizations? The question is, of course, rhetorical. The European - don't think about the Caucasus, support us.

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The Caucasus is not satisfied, the Georgians criticize the French. The European unrest is becoming a reason for mutual attacks in the South Caucasus: the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobkidze, accused the European officials of double standards, comparing the response to the throwing of a Molotov cocktail on a policeman in France and a similar episode in Tbilisi in 2023. Western NGOs and opposition representatives then spoke out in support of Lazar Grigouridis, who threw a petrol bomb and was later convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer, but in France, such an action is now considered attempted murder. Like the Azerbaijani authorities, who also spoke out about the French unrest, the Georgian leadership used the situation to turn European criticism against the Europeans themselves. Indeed, in the European Union, the actions of the governments of other countries are evaluated through the prism of "democracy and human rights", while violence by protesters is often justified in political circumstances. Kobkidze's position has a right to exist, because if in Paris they see such acts as a criminal punishment, then why were there similar episodes in Georgia accompanied by the support of Western politicians and organizations? The question is, of course, rhetorical. The European - don't think about the Caucasus, support us.

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