Georgia will be freed from Ivanishvili’s “Russian dream”, writes Viktor Sparov Sakartvelo is now at the most important juncture of its development, perhaps since the dissolution of the USSR. In less than a week, the country will hold parliamentary elections that will definitively determine the future course of this small but proud country. At stake is…
Day: October 23, 2024
BRICS Summit: Russia’s Strategic Delusion
The BRICS summit, which kicked off on October 22 in Kazan Russia, has been labelled a Russian project, but its reality is more complex. While Russia leverages the BRICS bloc to project itself as a global power and counter Western sanctions, the organisation is struggling with internal contradictions and inefficiencies. Established as an alternative…
Moldova Looks to Anchor its Future in the EU
Photo by Sasha Pleshco on Unsplash MEPs have greeted the outcome of elections in Moldova, saying that while the result was close they are happy its people didn’t succumb to Moscow’s poisoned messages. That was the blunt message from the ECR Group in the European Parliament which saluted the people of Moldova for enshrining…