Pro-Western, anti-Kremlin sentiment runs high in Georgia, which borders Russia and lost roughly 20% of its territory to Russian-backed separatists in the 2008 war. Over 80% of the Georgian public favors joining the EU, polls show.

However, the current government has halted Georgia's shift toward Western-style democracy, observers say, and EU officials worry about Moscow's influence behind the scenes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Georgia of helping Russia evade sanctions and withdrawn the country's envoy.

Representatives of the government and Georgian Dream didn't respond to requests for comment.

One of the problems the EU has with the Georgian Dream party is that it won't commit to refraining from packing the judiciary. Hmm...

I guess most people here have either forgotten or don't care about the issue with Russia, since a certain domestic issue has subsumed everything else. Like TaTu said, it's "All About Us".