Georgia is a highly strategic region for the European Union.
Shutterstock
Georgia is a strategic region for the European Union, but if the EU strictly enforces membership requirements, could Tbilisi edge closer to Moscow?
Russian troops outside the Perevalne military base near Simferopol, Crimea.
Stephen Foote/Alamy
If the west had paid more attention to the Russian invasion of Crimea, it may have avoided a Ukraine war.
People in Georgia are angry about the war in Ukraine and fear Russia might invade their country again.
EPA-EFE/Zurab Kurtsikidze
Russians fleeing over the border into Georgia are encountering hostility as well as support.
A pro-EU protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2022.
Evaldas Mikoliunas/Alamy
Russia’s neighbours are increasingly worried about the threat of invasion.
EPA-EFE/Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik/pool
How did a young risk-taking politician take complete control of Russia and destabilise Europe and the US?
Stringer/EPA
Russia’s antiquated military was exposed in the 2008 war with Georgia, prompting a major overhaul of the armed services that are now being unleashed on Ukraine.