"I sense the organisations behind this assessment harbour resentment towards the Georgian authorities, leading them to unfairly criticise Georgia. This assessment lacks credibility. Comparing Georgia unfavourably to Ukraine and Moldova is totally unfounded”, Papuashvili said.
Rifat Dautov, a resident of Ufa, the capital of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, has died after police detained him last week in a village on suspicion of taking part in mass rallies protesting the imprisonment of noted Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov in mid-January.
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“Basically in every area, there was a decrease in spite of the fact that the EU rewarded (Georgia) with the candidate status,” said Alexandra Sabou, the head of the EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.
The Kremlin's war on Ukraine has split Eastern Europe, prompting Moldova and Ukraine to grow closer to the European Union while Georgia has exhibited a "penchant for appeasing Russia," according to a new report.