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On April 4-5, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted working meetings within the project “Assistance to Russia-Georgia Dialogue” implemented by RIAC and the International Center for Conflicts and Negotiation ( ICCN ). The project is carried out with the support of the Human Security Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. The ...
... economic and political power, which is now embodied by the Russian Federation as the legal successor to the USSR. Of the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union, four have no diplomatic relations with one another (Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia and Georgia). Unregulated border disputes are the bane of practically all Central Asian states. Russia and Ukraine have not broken diplomatic relations formally, but relations between the two countries are at their lowest ebb since December 1991. The new ...
... Caucasus When looking at the September Working Paper, it is necessary to bear in mind that in 2011, Jos Boonstra and Neil Melvin identified the main problem for Transcaucasia as the “vacuum” left by the withdrawal of the UN and OSCE missions in Georgia. Jos Boonstra and Neil Melvin regarded this “international presence” as a counterbalance to unilateral Russian domination – an a priori negative factor, in their view. The authors did not bother to understand the reasons behind ...
... Caucasus Emirate, were eliminated [6] . In Azerbaijan, religious radicals have been split (in the southern part, they look up to Iran and Shiite Islam, while in the northern part – to Dagestan and the Salafi movement) [7] . Commenting on threats to the Georgian national security, Defense Minister Mrs. Tinatin Khidasheli said at the end of July 2015 that she did not expect the Islamic State to create any problems in Georgia [8] . Experts also point out that the adherents of the specific, to put it mildly,...
Interview with Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Georgia for Russia Zurab Abashidze On July 30, 2015, Georgia officially joined the EU sanctions against Russia, citing the European Commission’s declaration on adopting restrictive measures in view of the situation in Crimea and Sevastopol. Two ...
Sociological services have noted an improvement in the attitudes of Russian people towards Georgia It will not be long before mass surveys stop being a satisfactory tool for analysing the attitudes of Russian people towards Georgia. Indeed, the Russian media has lost interest in the country, especially against the background of the Ukrainian ...
... intelligence Bruce Jackson give an equally harsh assessment, to the effect that they were too accustomed to such countries as Poland and Latvia, integration with which was successful virtually overnight, and exerted a tremendous pressure on such countries as Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to transform themselves just as fast. panoramio.com Russia and the EU – Looking for Ways of Cooperation in the Common Neighbourhood: the case of the Republic of Moldova and Transdniestria Perhaps it is worth determining ...
... Caucasus countries have not yet accumulated sufficient experience in conducting their own “festive and commemorative” policies. Before they became independent countries as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia shared symbols and festive dates with all the other republics (the majority of these dates were associated with the establishment of the Soviet power there). The experience of national statehood after the disintegration of the Russian Empire was ...
On May 5, 2015, the Georgian city of Kobuleti hosted the “Russia–Georgia: Issues of Regional Security in Light of Russia’s Neighbourhood Policy” conference as part of the Istanbul Process. The event was organized by the Georgian International Center ...
... Editor-in-Chief of the International Trends journal Reflections in the footsteps of Victoria Nuland’s Transcaucasia tour For several days now, the Russian media has been abuzz over what one journalist dubbed the “explosive” tour of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia taken by Victoria Nuland, whom it has referred to as assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, but who is actually the assistant to the Under Secretary of State. Interest in Nuland is being fueled by a distorted assessment of her ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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