π¬ “I would like to emphasize that the government of Georgia does not represent the Georgian people. Eighty-five percent of the Georgian population supports Ukraine, and they consider the ongoing conflict as their own war. Around 3,000 Georgians are fighting alongside the Ukrainians, and 39 have lost their lives. After the Ukrainians, no other country has as many casualties as us.β β said Nino Evgenidze, the executive director of the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC), during a “DC Forumβ organized by Global Integrity in Washington, D.C