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Georgia at Euro 2024: sporting success amid political turmoil

When the Georgia men’s football team takes on Spain in the European championship round of 16 on June 30, there’s no doubt who will be the underdogs. Spain are European football royalty, featuring some of the most famous, highly paid and successful players in the world. Georgia, on the other…

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Fifteen years after the war in Georgia, the dilemmas of the European Union in the South Caucasus

Fifteen years after the war in Georgia, the dilemmas of the European Union in the South Caucasus

Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it…

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Russia’s Medvedev warns Georgian breakaway regions could be annexed

Russia’s Medvedev warns Georgian breakaway regions could be annexed

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accuses West of creating tensions over Georgia by discussing NATO membership.

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Bordering Georgia's breakaway regions, villagers fear Russia's next steps

For displaced villagers living near the border of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, the war in Ukraine has brought back terrifying memories of Russian bombardments.

‘Before Bucha in Ukraine, there was Abkhazia in Georgia’

Thirty years after the war in Georgia’s breakaway territory of Abkhazia, victims are still waiting for justice.

Georgia’s South Ossetia plans to take steps to join Russia

Its separatist leader says the Moscow-backed breakaway region plans to take steps to become part of Russia.

Georgia says 'unacceptable' for breakaway region to vote on joining Russia

Georgia said on Thursday that plans by the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia to hold a referendum on joining Russia were unacceptable, while the Kremlin stressed no action had been taken to make that happen.

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Can Donbas republics work as a buffer zone?

Can Donbas republics work as a buffer zone?

Is the de facto states model followed for Abkhazia, Transnistria and South Ossetia a possible way out for the Russia-Ukraine conflict?

Ukraine invasion: why China is more likely to support Russia than in the past

Ukraine invasion: why China is more likely to support Russia than in the past

China’s general approach to Russian actions in its neighbouring regions has been to minimise its involvement. After Russia invaded Georgia in 2008, Beijing refused to recognise declarations of independence by the de facto states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, for instance.

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The other Russian interventions in its periphery

The other Russian interventions in its periphery

An explainer on what led to Russian interventions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 and Crimea and Donbas in 2014.

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