This paper examines how geopolitical orientation shapes the quality of religious freedom and other fundamental rights in the post-Soviet space, with particular focus on countries caught in geopolitical crosscurrents. Drawing on Georgia as a primary case study while incorporating comparative analysis with Ukraine and Moldova, we investigate how regionalistion processes affect the extend of religious freedom. We aim to demonstrate it by looking through three lenses: the role of traditional religious institutions in nation-building and impact on the minorities, the recognition policies and state mechanisms for managing religious affairs. By using Georgia as a primary case study, we demonstrate how geopolitical orientation—whether toward Russia or the West—fundamentally shapes religious freedom outcomes. We will conclude, that in countries with stronger Western orientation, religious freedom tends to be balanced with equality and non-discrimination principles, while those in Russia's orbit often prioritize traditional religious authorities at the expense of religious minorities and other fundamental rights. Most notably, in "in-between" countries with divided geopolitical allegiances, these tensions create uniquely problematic situations where religious freedom becomes instrumentalized in broader cultural and political conflicts. This study contributes to understanding how competing rights claims are reconciled—or left in tension—according to geopolitical factors, demonstrating how constitutional frameworks and policy approaches to religious freedom reflect broader struggles between competing visions of state, society, and individual rights.