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Massive rally urging to fix relations with Russia held in Georgia (VIDEOS) Massive rally calling for improved relations with Russia held in Georgia (VIDEOS)
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Thousands have rallied in Georgian port city of Batumi, calling to improve the rocky relations with Russia that strained even further over the last few months. Thousands have rallied in Georgia’s port city of Batumi, calling for an improvement in rocky relations with Russia which have strained even further over the last few months.
The gathering was staged by the county’s major opposition party dubbed ‘Alliance of Georgia’s patriots. Despite the heat, the rally attracted at least some 20,000 people, according to the event’s organizers. The gathering was staged by the opposition ‘Alliance of Patriots of Georgia’ party. Despite the heat, the rally attracted at least 20,000 people, according to the event’s organizers.
“Our main demand to the [country’s] leadership – is to see at last what the people really want. We should start a direct dialogue with Tskhinval, Sukhum and Moscow,” the party’s leader, Irma Inanishvili said as sited by RIA Novosti. “Our main demand to the [country’s] leadership – is to see at last what the people really want. We should start a direct dialogue with Tskhinval, Sukhum and Moscow,” the party’s leader, Irma Inanishvili, said as cited by RIA Novosti.
The politician referred to the republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, that Georgia considers to be its breakaway regions. Russia, on its part, has recognized them as independent state following the president Mikhail Saakashvili-era assault on the republics back in 2008, that resulted in some 1,000 deaths, including of Russian peacekeepers and prompted Moscow’s military response. The politician was referring to the republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which Georgia considers to be breakaway regions. Russia recognized them as independent states following a brief war instigated by former President Mikhail Saakashvili in 2008. The conflict resulted in hundreds of deaths, including Russian peacekeepers.
The relations between Russia and Georgia were not easy since that conflict, yet they deteriorated over the past few weeks. There were violent protests in Tbilisi after the head of the Russian delegation to the session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) took the seat of the Georgian parliamentary speaker during the joint session and some people found it “insulting.” Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi have been tense over the past decade and they’ve deteriorated over the past few weeks. The present difficulties began when violent protests erupted in the Georgian capital after the head of the Russian delegation to the joint-session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) took the seat of Georgia’s parliamentary speaker and nationalists found it “insulting.”
Following the outburst, Moscow suspended all Russian flights to and from the country, deeming it unsafe to travel due to the spike in Russophobia. That decision had quite a mixed effect, with some in Georgia calling to mend the relations with Moscow, while others pouring oil into the fire. Following the demonstrations, Moscow suspended all Russian flights to and from the country, deeming it unsafe to travel there due to the spike in Russophobia. That decision had a mixed effect, with some in Georgia calling for their government to mend relations with their neighbor, while others poured oil onto the fire.
One Georgian TV host, in particular, issued a profanity-filled rant in Russian, addressing President Vladimir Putin, which prompted calls in Russia to ban imports from the country. Putin himself, however, dismissed such suggestions out of “respect” for Georgia’s people, stating that the TV host and his actions were way too insignificant for such a punishment. One Georgian TV host issued a profanity-filled rant in Russian, addressing President Vladimir Putin, which prompted calls in Russia to ban imports from the country. Putin, however, dismissed the idea out of “respect” for the Georgian people, stating that the TV host and his actions were too insignificant for that type of reaction.
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