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A Russian Aeroflot jet: Georgia has called the deportations "ethnic cleansing" (Photo: Wikipedia)

Russia continues to deport Georgians despite EU appeal

Russia deported 148 more Georgians on the same day EU foreign ministers "urged" Moscow "not to pursue measures targeting Georgians in the Russian Federation" and voiced "grave concern" at the "economic, political and humanitarian consequences" of Russian economic sanctions against its southern neighbour.

On top of this, one of the Georgian deportees, 58-year old Tengiz Togonidze, died in Moscow's Domodedovo Airport while waiting to be put on a plane after five days of detention and rep...

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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.

A Russian Aeroflot jet: Georgia has called the deportations "ethnic cleansing" (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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