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At the end of 2017 discussions on the implementation of the Russian-Georgian Agreement signed in 2011 were rather intensified. The agreement envisages the creation of alternative corridors between Russia and Georgia, which are crucial both for Armenia and the whole region. "Armedia" IAA presents an exclusive ...
... the Embassy of Switzerland in Moscow.
In the course of the meeting the Georgian diplomat was informed about RIAC work on South Caucasus issues, including cooperation of RIAC with Georgian partners. The prospects for normalization of relations between Russia and Georgia and the possible role of public organizations, independent scientific and analytical centers in this task were discussed by the participants.
On November 24-25, 2016, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a Russia-Georgia expert meeting on Russia-Georgia cooperation in the area of security. The event was held within the framework of the RIAC and International Center on Conflict and Negotiation (
ICCN
)
(Georgia) project «Assistance to Russia-Georgia Dialogue» ...
... “the strong development of nationalism in the post-communist period can be related…to the cultural emptiness created by 70 years of imposition of an exclusionary ideological entity, coupled with the return to primary, historical identity (Russian, Georgian), as the only source of meaning after the crumbling of the historically fragile sovietskii narod” (Soviet people) (Castells 1996, 24). Eventually all these trends culminated on the Georgian side with the idea that “their further evolution ...
... strengthening Russia’s bilateral diplomatic relations with its neighbours. By the second decade of the 21
st
century, implementation of this task had moved from merely maintaining connections to “playing on multiple boards at once.” After the Russia–Georgia conflict in August 2008, Russia acquired two new foreign political partners: South Ossetia and Abkhazia, losing direct diplomatic contacts with Georgia. A formal, even mathematical, approach to this issue would state that the number of states ...
... restoring the relations between Russia and Georgia. We do hope it was an isolated incident, and the bilateral relationship experts could freely visit Georgia with no restrictions imposed.
Day one of the event was devoted to a detailed discussion of Russia-Georgia energy cooperation, the export and import potential of the Russian Southern Federal District, transportation and logistical opportunities for strengthening the contacts, and future bilateral ties in view of economic integration.
The results of ...
... super-pressurized the crude oil in the line” which led to the blast
[26]
. US intelligence agencies believe the Russian government was behind the Refahiye explosion. Moreover, a few days later, after the beginning of 5-day August war between Russia and Georgia, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri accused Russia bombing the BTC pipeline near the city of Rustavi. Luckily the bombs missed and the pipeline did not suffer any damage. The events of the last two decades show that the situation in the region ...
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 ...
... former military, 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 ...
