The European Commission gave Russia an unusually sharp rebuke over its expulsion of ethnic-Georgians and support for separatists in Moldova at a debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday (25 October) - but the Finnish presidency made clear the EU will not send peacekeepers to Georgia.
"We are particularly worried by the expulsion of large numbers of Georgians from Russian territory, which appears to be in direct contradiction to Russia's commitment to the European convention on hu...
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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.