Russia hopes its reaction to the anti-Russian campaign in Georgia has brought to reason those seeking to earn political points, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoty Karasin said in an interview with the Kommersant daily posted on its website on Monday, TASS reports.

"They seem to have forgotten in Georgia that Russia has its own concept of honor and dignity. We are not in the habit of swallowing impudence and threats toward our nationals," Karasin said. "We have to anticipate possible risks in advance and block them."

"I hope our adequate reaction has brought to reason those who are cynical enough to seek to earn points in the political game through anti-Russian rhetoric and threats," he said. "We will spare no effort to establish adequate relations with Georgia. Our two nations are patient and wise enough to promote constructive approaches."

He said it is painful for him to see "that radicals of the Saakashvili school have managed to direct the June 20-21 protests against Russia." "As a result, all the positive things in the Georgian-Russian relations that have been generated through joint efforts starting in 2012, were exposed to jeopardy," Karasin noted. "The new atmosphere was only beginning to work for the benefit of our nations and bear fruit."

But radicals close to Georgia’s United National Movement "have driven the situation back to the deadlock of hostility and confrontation," he noted. "I am confident that they have come to see it clearly enough in Tbilisi."

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