The results of the EU investigation into the war in 2008 were not favorable for Georgia, and the demolition of the Kutaisi monument is a kind of psychological vengeance for them, believes observer Ekaterina Kuznetsova.
“Georgians think that when they eliminate the memory itself – the monument, it helps them gain control of the situation,” says Ekaterina Kuznetsova from the Center for Post-Industrial Studies.