Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgian FM criticized for not clearly supporting Russia sanctions

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Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign minister is criticized by opponents for saying that the economic sanctions against Russia will not solve the Ukraine crisis. The minister says she was misinterpreted.

Maia Panjikidze on Thursday said that sanctions against Russia

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Russia might intervene in Ukraine if major violence

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Professor Johan Galtung is a sociologist, mathematician and the founder of peace and conflict studies.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Right now we have a civil war in Ukraine, says peace researcher Johan Galtung. He warns that Russia might intervene with a ‘short sharp shock’ if ethnic Russians are subject to widespread violence in eastern Ukraine.

Russia is deploying troops

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