Former president: Georgia won’t go to war with Russia This would destabilize the region, Eduard Shevardnadze tells Kathimerini

... wide-ranging interview. He analyzes the causes of the Russo-Georgian crisis that is threatening to destabilize the Caucasus; warns of a domino effect in the region should Abkhazia and South Ossetia secede; believes that Russian President Vladimir ...

I don’t think the independence of states that have seceded will be recognized by the international community,’ former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze said in an interview with Kathimerini. By Stavros Tzimas - Kathimerini

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Former president: Georgia won’t go to war with Russia
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