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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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.