initiative has a political background,

teams to play each other in 2025. Russian media reported that Anzor Kavazashvili, a former Soviet footballer, addressed this proposal to Kavelashvili and Kakha Kaladze, who is the mayor of Tbilisi, general secretary of Georgian Dream, and a former footballer himself (Gazeta.ru, December 31, 2024). This sporting initiative has a political background, as the proposal states that it is “a peaceful and necessary step to strengthen good-neighborly relations’’ (Mtavari.tv, January 1). Over the past few weeks, Georgian Dream has adjusted its hostile rhetoric toward the United States. While it previously used the term “global war party” as its invisible enemy, in December 2024, it introduced the term “deep state” into the political lexicon. Georgian Dream continues to follow conspiracy theories, but instead of a global war party, it has now declared the so-called deep state as its primary but invisible enemy, hinting at the United States. Simultaneously, Kobakhidze hopes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will still be able to defeat the deep state สล็อต