Russia and Georgia: Normalization Without Setting Expectations Too High

... country’s supreme representative body and government shifted to the Georgian Dream coalition. The first direct dialogue between Russian and Georgian diplomats, after a long break, took place only after Bidzina Ivanishvili formed his government of Georgian Dream coalition members. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Karasin, met the Georgian prime minister’s special envoy, Zurab Abashidze on December 14, 2012 in Geneva . Then, on January 24, 2013, during the reception for Davos Economic Forum guests, Russian ...