Republicans have successfully branded their political foes as “socialists” in the eyes of many Russian-speakers, said an expert on the émigré community.
The Eurasian Economic Union is having a summit in Yerevan on October 1. But it’s not clear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to grace the Armenian capital with his presence.
Local families rushed to move belongings out of their farmsteads, as masked Russian soldiers began fencing off their property from the rest of Georgia.
The inaugural Caspian Economic Forum, which was held in the hyper-developed but under-visited Awaza tourist zone, was high on expressions of intent but low on firm outcomes.
The emblematic Georgian cheese pie would be the latest casualty of the ongoing crisis between Tbilisi and Moscow, if a Communist-backed proposal is implemented.
The host expressed what many Georgians – and Russians – feel, but many worried that it could unnecessarily escalate the ongoing crisis between the two countries.
