INTERVIEW – The Georgians, who celebrate independence this Sunday, live “in a rejection of the Russians and the fear” of a new war with the powerful neighbor, analyzes Florent Parmentier.
Florent Parmentier is a doctor in political science, secretary general of CEVIPOF (political research center of Sciences Po Paris), and associate researcher at the HEC Geopolitics Center. He is the author of Paths to the rule of law; The narrow path of countries between Europe and Russia (Presses de Sciences Po, 2014).
LE FIGARO.- Georgia, which celebrates its independence this Sunday, is shaken by demonstrations since April 15 against the adoption of a law, modeled on the Russian model, to regulate foreign financing. This, like the occupation of part of its territory, seems to reduce its autonomy. What is the influence of the former colonial power?
FLORENT PARMENTIER.- Moscow has a paradoxical place in Georgia. Russia is the country that Georgians distrust the most, because they remember the wars of 1991 and 2008. The powerful neighbor still occupies 20% of the territory. The population lives with a rejection of Russia, as well as the fear of…
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