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Yes, Putin may be starting to win Georgia away from the West. Here’s why that matters.
washingtonpost.com ^
| January 25
| Michael Hikari Cecire
Posted on 01/26/2016 12:39:06 PM PST by Trumpinator
Polling data taken regularly over the last several years shows a clear and steady increase in Georgian support for the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). That roughly tracks with increasing political support for anti-West and pro-Russia political factions within Georgia.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: fsb; georgia; kgb; putinator; putinistas4trump; russia
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To: Trumpinator
Putin’s a globalist? Who knew?
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:41:56 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Trumpinator
After visiting Atlanta last year, all I can say is, he can have it.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:43:06 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Trumpinator
So the statists and progressives of the EU and Washington attempted to wrest Georgia and the Ukraine out of the orbit of Russia - and failed.
The Washington Post does NOT approve.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:44:21 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: Trumpinator
Well, Obama isn’t winning any friends for us anywhere among our allies.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:44:30 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius or)
To: Trumpinator
Well, if he can snatch another country, that'd make you happy. By the way, did you see this?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-economy-ruble-workers-protest-1.3418176
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:45:11 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
To: Trumpinator
We need a slap in the face and wake up. Thanks Putin.
To: Trumpinator
Thought that happened in 2008 under Bush’s watch?
To: PGR88
The Georgians appear to want to go with the pros. Why settle for amateur statists and progressives?
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:46:44 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: elhombrelibre
Yes, protests. So Russia is a democracy. Thanks.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:47:36 PM PST
by
Trumpinator
("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
To: 1rudeboy
I was employed in an enterprise in the EU to help France privatize their industries. The regulations there are killer for an economy like Georgia with a lot of small farms. The EU membership would have ruined Georgian farmers and caused a lot of small farmers to sell off to big consolidated firms.
The EU is not socialist - again - they make countries sell off govt owned assets - but they are a bureaucratic and regulatory nightmare that can ruin a small business.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:53:33 PM PST
by
Trumpinator
("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
To: Trumpinator
I agree. The Russians are no better. My point.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:56:01 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
The Russians have less regulations it seems - they would allow Georgian wine to be sold with less EU regulations is my point.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:59:16 PM PST
by
Trumpinator
("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
To: Trumpinator
And why on earth - after seeing US foreign policy in [in]action for the past seven years, would Georgia or any other country gravitate to the US as an ally?
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posted on
01/26/2016 1:00:20 PM PST
by
ManHunter
(You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
To: Trumpinator
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posted on
01/26/2016 1:02:51 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Trumpinator
Georgia and Russia still don't have normal diplomatic relations (i.e. embassies in each other's capital). Georgia's PM, elected in 2015,
said:
Asked if he had a message for Vladimir Putin, Kvirikashvili said that, "Russia should honor Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty."
"This is the main entry condition to be met by the Russian side in order to start normal relations with Russia," he said.
"Honestly, we don't see enough political will today in (the) Russian leadership to resolve this crisis, but despite all that, we have (a) longstanding tradition of… relations with Russia, and I don't think that we need to scratch out everything," Kvirikashvili added.
"Culturally, Georgians, we are Europeans, we are a European country," Kvirikashvili also said during the interview.
On Friday the Georgian government announced that Kvirikashvili had met with NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg while at Davos. The two parties discussed issues relating to Georgia becoming a NATO member, according to the prime minister's press office.
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posted on
01/26/2016 1:16:36 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Zhang Fei
Tell the Washington Post not to be worried then. :)
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posted on
01/26/2016 1:17:15 PM PST
by
Trumpinator
("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
To: Trumpinator
Tell the Washington Post not to be worried then. :)I doubt WaPo is worried. This isn't an editorial board opinion. The writer of the article is probably another Georgian lobbyist with his hand out for more US aid.
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01/26/2016 1:20:06 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Trumpinator
Putin is making steady progress on his goal of eventually expanding the Eurasian Union to include the entire post-Soviet space.
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posted on
01/26/2016 1:32:35 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Trumpinator
Well, atlanta ain't nothing but a liberal cesspool, so...
/s
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posted on
01/26/2016 1:34:17 PM PST
by
dware
(Everybody wants to be a patriot, until it's time to do patriot stuff.)
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