Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/georgian-president-does-not-recognize-election-calls-for-protests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/georgian-p</span><span class="invisible">resident-does-not-recognize-election-calls-for-protests/</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgian</span></a> president does not recognize election results, calls for protests"</p><p>It's going to get ugly</p><p>I wouldn't be surprised if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> uses it as a prelude to roll <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> troops in to "restore order"</p><p>We all talk about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> carving off <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abkhazia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abkhazia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthOssetia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthOssetia</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> in 2008 was a prelude to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a>, a parallel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imperialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperialist</span></a> subjugation that gave Russia confidence to go after Ukraine</p><p>this is the sister struggle</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zourabichvili" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zourabichvili</span></a></p>