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Foreign Affairs

TexasTowelie

(117,536 posts) Sun Dec 1, 2024, 11:09 PM Dec 1

Tear gas sprayed, fireworks set off in protests in Georgian capital - Reuters

Pro-EU protesters rallied in Georgia's capital for a fourth straight day against the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.

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This is the same reason that Ukraine had Euromaidan tornado34jh Dec 1 #1

tornado34jh

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1. This is the same reason that Ukraine had Euromaidan

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Sun Dec 1, 2024, 11:28 PM

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Viktor Yanukovych stopped EU-Ukraine association agreement, now Georgia wants to join EU, but of course Russia doesn't want to. But many of the same things such as corruption, oligarch influence, etc. are in play here.

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