Moscow must compensate thousands of victims for violations committed after the 2008 conflict in Georgia, including unlawful detentions and restrictions in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Moscow quit the ECHR in 2022 in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine but the court says it remains liable
Imprisonment of the pro-Putin leader comes as Moldova warns Russia is trying to influence its upcoming election.
Valery Gergiev dropped from the line-up
Vladimir Putin’s opera darlings are back in the spotlight — and Ukraine and the EU are not pleased.
The pro-Western opposition figure has been in detention since October 2021.
The Georgian government has been effectively exploiting the country’s war trauma, and it could give them a lead in the election.
In countries seeking to join the EU, the European Dream is running into the Russian fist.
Georgia’s richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili is tilting his country toward Moscow ahead of an election on Oct. 26.
Talk of an agreement over Abkhazia and South Ossetia comes as the ruling Georgian Dream party pushes friendly ties with the Kremlin.
Georgia’s most powerful man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, suggested that the South Caucasus country could apologise to Ossetians for the 2008 war with Russia that led to Moscow recognising two rebel Georgian regions, Georgian media reported.
Georgian Dream looks to shut down party founded by former leader Mikheil Saakashvili.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions over the controversial legislation, while Brussels warns it will sink the country’s efforts to join the EU.
The rules have put the country on a collision course with the EU — and its own citizens.
South Ossetia, a region that broke away from Georgia and calls itself an independent state, has discussed becoming part of Russia with Moscow officials, Russian news agency RIA cited the head of South Ossetia’s parliament as saying on Sunday (17 March).
Georgia’s imprisoned opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Tbilisi’s failure to secure European Union membership would put at risk its very existence as an independent nation.
The US, EU and Turkey must lead this mediation process, as they would directly benefit from a settlement that could foster security links and economic interconnectivity in the region.
The incident took place near the South Ossetia frontier.
Georgia said Monday (6 November) that Russian troops had killed a Georgian civilian near the breakaway South Ossetia region, controlled by Moscow forces since Russia’s 2008 invasion.
Russia on Tuesday (7 November) formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the United States for undermining post-Cold War security with the enlargement of the NATO military allia…
