I don't see the resources or the will to test a new front against the West in Georgia, but they might test the soft power policy, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili stated in an interview with CNN.
According to her, against the backdrop of Putin not being able to maser the war in Ukraine, she does not see any danger of military stress on Georgia, however, what can happen is that he may test soft power in Georgia.
"Of course, one cannot not be concerned, especially when regime is entering an end period and clearly, Putin is not mastering everything today and certainly not mastering the war in Ukraine. You can always be concerned about what can be the erratic decisions that can be taken. In our case, at this stage, I do not see that there is military stress. First of all, because we have military occupation that is ongoing since 2008, and earlier under a different form since 1991. So two regions are occupied with military bases of Russia. So we're less fearing of military occupation, but I think that what is happening and what could happen even more is that Russia may test what I call the second front of soft power, which is propaganda. All those Russians who have come to Georgia, and I will repeat that it must be controlled - we cannot let so many Russians into the territory of Georgia without knowing who they are. The majority, as you said, are people who are fleeing today's Russia and are not a pro-Putin population, but we also know Russia's threats that if the Russian-speaking people are not protected normally - this can be used as a reason for Russian invasion.
So all of this could be used by Russia, but I don't see the resources or the will to test a new front against the West in Georgia. But they may try the soft power policy - propaganda - which has been a common tool of Russia since Soviet times," Zurabishvili said.
