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The flag of independent Georgia, which split from Russian control in the "Rose Revolution" of 2003 (Photo: Wikipedia)

EU must defend values in its Russia relations, Georgia says

The EU must offset Russian influence in Georgia or risk seeing its Black Sea neighbour sink back into violence, Georgia's foreign minister told EUobserver, urging the west to put values before pragmatism in its relations with Moscow.

"If we continue to drive the situation in existing formats, with existing actors and with the dominant power of Russia...we will end up in violence," Gela Bezhuashvili said after meeting EU foreign policy chiefs in Brussels last week. "It's a Cold War with...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

The flag of independent Georgia, which split from Russian control in the "Rose Revolution" of 2003 (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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