PM Kobakhidze Defends 1783 Treaty of Georgievsk With Russia

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze held a briefing defending King Erekle II's 1783 decision to place eastern Georgia under Russian protection via the Treaty of Georgievsk, calling it 'the only correct and unavoidable decision' and arguing Georgia 'survived as a nation' through the accord, despite Russia's subsequent failure to honor it and its 1801 annexation of the kingdom. He dismissed critics of the framing as 'pseudo-liberals,' drawing parallels to what he called Western pressure on Georgia today.