Behind the “anti-Russian feeling” hides “the hand of the USA” and this is the reason for the demonstrations that have been taking place for several days in Georgia, a country in the Caucasus, neighboring Russia, the Kremlin said today without, however, providing evidence for its claims.

As the Kremlin spokesman said Dmitry PeskovMoscow is monitoring the events taking place in Georgia “with intense concern.”

Peskov’s comments came after the Georgian parliament withdrew a controversial “foreign agents” bill that had sparked mass protests in the Caucasus country, a law Russia uses to crack down on dissidents. the last decade.

Peskov reiterated that Moscow is in no way connected with the situation in Georgia, adding that “does not interfere in Georgia’s internal affairs”but stressed that it is significant that Georgian President Salome Zourabisvili visited the US this week.

“He did not address Georgians from Georgia. He addressed them from America. And someone’s visible hand is trying to add here again an anti-Russian feeling”, he added himself.

“Yes, this is full of provocations, we are watching it very closely and with great concern,” concluded.

The choice of words used by Peskov echoes his phraseology from an earlier briefing of journalists during the week.

After China’s foreign minister said the “invisible hand” was prolonging the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin spokesman said the “hand” he was referring to was apparently Washington’s.

Russia accuses the US of encouraging revolutions in neighboring countries which it considers to be within its sphere of influence.

It has sought to justify the invasion of Ukraine as a necessary move to defend itself against Western aggression, which Kiev and the West reject as justification for an expansive war of aggression.

Faced with a huge wave of protest with pro-European slogans and against a Russian-style authoritarian response, the government first wanted to suppress the demonstrations before finally announcing yesterday the withdrawal of the bill, which was effectively withdrawn today by the parliament.

Beyond this law, many Georgians worry about seeing their government move away from their pro-European ambitions and fear a rapprochement with Russia.

The small Caucasus country of nearly four million people is still scarred by a brief war lost against Russia in 2008.