INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Moscow more than a decade ago.In Russia, officials are observing from the sidelines with cautious anticipation as tens of thousands of
watching the developments [in Georgia]
Tbilisi with a sense of schadenfreude
Kremlin and its mouthpieces have shied away from voicing outright support for the ruling Georgian Dream party as it moves to pass the
controversial draft law, whose third and final reading is set for later this month.At the same time, officials in Moscow have pushed back
against accusations of Russian involvement in the political showdown, which has led to clashes between police and protesters, as well as
This is now normal practice for a large number of states that do everything to protect themselves from outside influence, from foreign
rally against the "foreign influence" bill.Vano Shlamov / AFPDiplomatic relations between Moscow and Tbilisi were severed following the 2008
August War, which ended in Russia recognizing the independence of the two breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
society is split between Euro-enthusiasts and Euroskeptics
in Russia told The Moscow Times that the Georgian billionaire and the Russian authorities do have an interest in normalizing relations and
much money in trying to keep Georgian Dream in power for over a decade.The issue of holding onto power is key to the events unfolding in
start of the 2014 Euromaidan protest movement that erupted in Ukraine after then-president Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an EU
believe the Kremlin would intervene in Georgia as it had during the mass demonstrations across Ukraine over a decade ago, while also
expressing the view that the authorities in Moscow and Tbilisi have learned how to deal with each other despite their differences.Yet not
everyone shared the belief that Russia would resist the urge to thwart the ambitions of Georgia, a former Soviet republic, to align itself
source for over 30 years, has been unjustly branded as a "foreign agent" by the Russian government
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