Who is guilty in the aggravation of the situation in Georgia? Who has engineered the bloodshed in Rustavely Avenue, on the embankment of the Kura River and in Tbilisi in general?

Probably, the majority of people already have formed their opinion about the events. Somebody still tries to assess the situation as impartially as possible and take his own attitude. But there are lots of those people who know nothing about the massacre in the streets of Tbilisi at all because many foreign news agencies and publications responded to the outrage in the Georgian capital only today. Just as the US Department of State did. Its response is rather weak, without any assessments of the developments, blaming on nobody and even without any signs of indignation. Only simple and absolutely impersonal: “guys, let’s live in friendship”.

To be true, Europe failed to keep its mouth closed - the democracy was too rudely defied by Saakashvili. After almost a 24-hour period of embarrassment, Brussels and Strasburg formulated their position with respect to “the Georgian problem”.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that imposition of emergency rule in Georgia is not line with the Euro Atlantic values.

"Imposition of emergency rule and closure of media outlets in Georgia , a partner with which the alliance has an intensive dialogue, are of particular concern and not in line with the Euro Atlantic values”, the statement of the NATO Secretary General says.

The European Commission also expressed serious concern about the situation in Georgia, and appealed to all parties involved to avoid the use of force, and to act in line with the democratic process that implies adherence to the freedom of press and freedom of expression, The EU announced that it closed its mission in Georgia due to the security reasons.

In the civilized states, the meeting of opposition just represents the freedom of expression. In Tbilisi, before the riot police, batons and gas grenades appeared in the square, there were no even signs of any riots. Is it possible that the brutality of the police and excessive use of force to disperse the demonstration could be considered democratic instruments to surmount the crisis?

As usual, President Saakashvili points his finger to Moscow. Look! Russian money, Russian secret service, and even planted provokers. This nonsense disseminated by the foreign press as a citation from the official Tbilisi statements, is perceived by the audience as an ultimate truth. To understand it, it is enough to browse through Internet conferences, forums and on-line journals. The majority of foreign readers who consider themselves politically or informationally active practically have no doubts that it is the notorious KGB that is guilty in all things.

By the way, about the Internet. After the state of emergency was imposed, this global network remains a lonely unengaged media outlet. A riot police team smashed down the office of the Imedi TV Company. Radio broadcasting is banned. Lectures and lessons in universities and schools are abolished. The streets are crowded with the police. Rumors rapidly spreading across the city are another but last source of information. And all this is presented by the Government just as “the temporary restrictions on collection and dissemination of information” but not as violation of freedom of speech.

The police measures of the Georgian authorities resulted in almost a day of spontaneous riots. Three dozens of detained persons. More than five hundred injured in clashes. And thousands of malcontents. The opposition that was earlier divided into different political groups has consolidated. However, it has made a decision to suspend the protest actions during the period of the state of emergency. As the saying is “to be out of harm’s way”. Georgia is expelling three Russian diplomats. The RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement promising the similar response. In turn, Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia are expressing concern that Tbilisi may take a risk to use force against them too. The chaos in the streets of the capital has vividly demonstrated that the present state leaders are up to anything.

Surely, time will show what this emergency time-out will end in. The key question: will the flame die out or is it only the beginning? The situation has transformed from the purely political struggle with the President into the nation-wide conflict. Violence generates violence. The President’s Degree on the imposition of the state of emergency was submitted to the Parliament. The Parliament may even cancel the degree (according to the law it has two day to do it).