In contrast to the Conservative Movement, the second pro-Kremlin party – “Alliance of Patriots of Georgia” instead of military relations with Russia, advocates for military neutrality. The party has been trying to capitalize on the topic of Turkophobia for years with the message – “If Russia is an occupier, Turkey is an occupier too” – trying to shift attention from modern threats to historical ones. In addition to neutrality, party members have been advocating for ignoring the international format of the Geneva negotiations and resolving conflicts through face-to-face dialogue with Russia, without the involvement of the West; The party is also demanding the prohibition of American organizations NDI and IRI and their research activities.
Dossier Center, an investigative project by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, published a journalistic investigation on the Russian connections of “Alliance of Patriots” before the 2020 parliamentary elections.
Against the backdrop of Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, in April 2022, representatives of the “Alliance of Patriots” also held meetings in Moscow. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Russian Federal Council, Vladimir Jabanov, and another member of the same committee, Mikhail Sinitsin. Together with the leaders of the Alliance of Patriots (Irma Inashvili and Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi), the President of the organization “Javakhk Diaspora of Russia,” Agassi Arabian was also present at the meeting.
