Georgia has taken a closer political course towards Russia in recent months. In late November, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that he would suspend EU accession negotiations until the next parliamentary elections in 2028 and would no longer accept budget support from the EU. Thousands of Georgians, including many entrepreneurs, have been protesting every day since then, fearing that their government will completely turn its back on the EU, its largest trading partner. Between 2021 and 2024, the EU supported Georgia with 340 million euros.