The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced the MEGOBARI Act

The MEGOBARI Act is part of an effort to incentivize Georgia to limit its economic relations with Russia and align itself with the transatlantic approach to the war in Ukraine .

If enacted, the actual effect will be to push Georgia into deeper relationships with non-Western partners while contradicting the Trump administration’s efforts to reevaluate American commitments across Europe .

Georgia 's economy is dependent on trade with Russia , four times larger than that of the U.S ..

Georgia has been in an uncertain position vis-a-vis Russia since 2008 , when Saakashvili ’s government undertook actions in the breakaway region of South Ossetia .

Russia has increased its military footprint in the 20 percent of Georgian territory that these two de facto states exercise control over.

Georgia has pursued an exceedingly cautious foreign and security policy since the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine .