In this exclusive interview with Russia Direct, Grigory Karasin, Russian State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister, discusses Abkhazia, South Ossetia and relations with Georgia.
On August 26, 2013, the Republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia celebrated the fifth anniversaries of their independence and the establishment of diplomatic relations with Russia. The day before this, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a working ...
Russia and Georgia’s clash over South Ossetia happened five years ago, but today it feels like an age away. Much has changed since then in Georgia and Russia, as well in all the countries that were indirectly involved in the conflict.
Georgia was the first ...
Compelled to Reset
Accession of the Georgian Dream opposition alliance to power by way of parliamentary elections gives rise to prospects for sweeping renewal of bilateral relations between Moscow and Tbilisi. Opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili made public his intentions “
to find ...