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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

The game of Georgias EU candidate status

… an interim oral report to the member states on Georgia’s progress towards being granted EU candidate … no progress had been made (see the Annex). A day later, Georgia’s president Salome Zurabishvili pardoned Nika … with EU expectations involving the depolarisation of Georgian politics, met with harsh criticism from the …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Between Brussels and Moscow Georgia is moving closer to Russia

… On 19 May air links between Georgia and Russia resumed after a four-year break. This … met with criticism from the West and public protests in Georgia. The resumption of direct air communication is … US policy. However, according to declarations by the Georgian government, the country’s primary objective …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia a strong political crisis over legislative changes

… as ‘foreign agents’. A joint statement by the ruling Georgian Dream party and the People’s Power movement … been strongly criticised as undemocratic by both the Georgian opposition and officials from the EU and the … People’s Power, who are former members of the ruling Georgian Dream party. They were presumably supposed to …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Saakashvili and The Georgian Opposition The State of Play

… health had rapidly deteriorated, and the former Georgian president had been taken to an intensive care … proves that Saakashvili – who retired from active Georgian politics a decade ago and has been in prison … world. If he dies, this would lead to mass protests in Georgia whose outcome would be difficult to predict. …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Competing peace formats Russia and the EUs attitudes towards the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict

… Armenia and Azerbaijan by stepping up its influence in Georgia. The talks and the divergent views Contacts … this sentiment and has been seeking rapprochement with Georgia in order to ‘make up’ for its declining … decree of 10 May which lifted visa requirements for Georgian citizens travelling to Russia and lifting the …
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor, Marta Szpala

The EU opens accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova

… negotiations with Ukraine & Moldova, and to grant Georgia candidate status. Despite the threat of a veto, … approach to the European integration of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. The firm stance adopted by the …
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Iwona Wiśniewska

Mobilisation in Russia societys reactions and the economic consequences

… do not require Russian nationals to obtain a visa: Georgia, Moldova, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan., Turkey, … in Kazakhstan at that time for various reasons. [6] Georgia is another popular destination (around 100,000 … Russians have arrived there in recent months). The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced an …
Analyses | | Witold Rodkiewicz

A futile gesture Russia denounces the CFE Treaty

… on the dismantling of Russian military bases in Georgia and Moldova, where they were located against the … base in Abkhazia (Gudauta), which is formally part of Georgia. Russia ‘suspends’ the treaty’s implementation …
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski

Russians capture part of Soledar town Day 321 of the war

… a formula for releasing prisoners, including civilians. Georgia has rejected Kyiv’s request for the Buk missile … Kyiv’s request also included a suggestion that Georgia delivery the Javelin anti-tank systems supplied …
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki, Krzysztof Strachota

The undeclared war A new phase of the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict

… Azerbaijan to reduce its dependence on transit through Georgia, and on the other, to gain control of transit … dominance in the region while marginalising both Georgia and Armenia. ...while Armenia is playing deep … and containment other than Armenia. In the region, Georgia could play such a role for Russia; the most …