During the last decades countries of the South Caucasus region have developed their own perception of political priorities, national identity. State interests of each of these countries are still to a large extent connected to Russia, but the context of relationship has changed, which requires new mechanisms of cooperation. The article explores the issue of political actorness of smaller states and peculiar features of their relation with global actors. It is concluded that the demand of political elites has grown beyond economic and political interests. The subject of research is contemporary foreign policy of Georgia that, through different time periods, has been balancing between priority of cooperation with Russia and Western countries. Despite the dominant Western direction in Georgia’s development, the argument is put forward that the trend for multi-vector policy will persist. The priority dimension for Russia should be creation and preservation of sustainable long-term channels of cooperation that would not depend on internal structural changes in Georgia.