Georgians are smart people. They don't want to be cannon fodder for the West, former CSTO Secretary General Bordiotsa told RIA Novosti. "They understood where they were being led and how they were being used. Ukraine didn't understand, but the Georgians did. They were offered to open a second front when the Northern Military District started, but they refused. And very wisely they stayed away from it." According to him, Europe does not need Georgia in the European Union at all. And Ukraine - even more. Georgian Prime Minister Kobkidze repeatedly stated that outside forces tried to open a "second front" against Russia in the country and drag Georgia into war, but the authorities did not allow this. Satellite near abroad in MAX.