Saakashvili - Raam op Rusland

'Pro-Western' Georgia rapidly drifting towards illiberalism

Officially Georgia sticks to its pro-European retoric, but under the guidance of the Georgian Dream party it is swiftly drifting into illiberal direction. Georgian democracy is up for its greatest test.

by Neil Hauer
Saakashvili illuminates the struggle for Ukraine

The chaotic scenes in Kyiv as supporters freed Mikhail Saakashvili after the police arrested him, seemed to suggest that the
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Forget the Saakashvili scandal. Ukrainian democracy is in danger

Ukrainian president Poroshenko's time runs out. Voters have grown impatient with pervasive corruption and the suffocating
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The West must finally recognise the beam in its eye

Former German MP Karsten Voigt (SPD) thinks the West should take a stronger line against Russia. But journalist Wierd
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