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At odds with the EU, Georgia cosies up to Russia as legislative vote looms
Elements in Georgia are distancing themselves from the EU, publicly denouncing the “hostility” of the West and playing into Russia's hands ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections. It is a political shift driven by Georgia’s richest man and former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who made his fortune in Russia before returning home in 2003.
Elements in Georgia are distancing themselves from the EU, publicly denouncing the “hostility” of the West and playing into Russia's hands ahead of Saturday's parliamentary elections. It is a political shift driven by Georgia’s richest man and former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who made his fortune in Russia before returning home in 2003.
