Bandwagoning by stealth refers to a situation when a government of a small state tries to accommodate a great power turned to aggressor amid a strong public opposition. We explain it with the example of Georgia's foreign policy towards Russia in the period of 2012-2022. It is argued that Georgia's attempt for rapprochement to Russia since 2012 can be explained by two unit-level variables: (1) a belief of the country's leadership in the need to accommodate Russia and (2) a societal and public opposition to the Russia-accommodating policy. A conflictual dynamic between the Russia-accommodating government and Russia-sceptic public resulted in bandwagoning by stealth - a defacto and partial bandwagoning with Russia without formally changing Georgia's declared pro-Western foreign policy.