PM: European politicians, bureaucrats threatened Georgia with "Maidan"

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said that several European politicians and bureaucrats threatened Georgia with a “Maidan”, but the plan failed.

“Some European politicians and bureaucrats directly threatened us with a Georgian ‘Maidan’. This idea is not destined to come true. The fourth attempt to organise a Georgian ‘Maidan’ failed. Therefore, I do not see any significant risks for our country,” Kobakhidze said, Caliber.Az reports, citing Russian media.

Notably, the Maidan protests, formally known as the "Euromaidan" and later the "Revolution of Dignity," were pivotal in shaping modern Ukraine's trajectory toward Europe and away from Russia. These events unfolded between late 2013 and early 2014, sparked by President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to suspend a political association and trade agreement with the European Union in favour of closer ties with Russia.

The protests, which began in November 2013, escalated from peaceful demonstrations in Kyiv's Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) into widespread anti-government resistance. Protesters opposed systemic corruption, police brutality, human rights abuses, and perceived overreach by Russia and Ukrainian oligarchs. In January and February 2014, the movement turned violent, culminating in the deaths of over 100 protesters and 13 police officers, with hundreds more injured. The most intense clashes occurred on February 18–20, 2014, involving sniper fire and brutal police crackdowns.

More than 20 were killed and hundreds were wounded when government forces attempted to retake the Maidan on February 18. The 25,000 protesters remaining in the square ringed their encampment with bonfires in an attempt to forestall another assault. 

By Khagan Isayev