Georgia Treads a Cautious Line Between EU Dreams, Russia
- By Lisa Bryant
Amid fresh strikes on Kyiv and as Ukraine readies its counteroffensive against Russia, another former Soviet republic is watching closely. In 2008, the Russian army attacked Georgia, cementing the occupation of the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Now, as Georgia’s population looks firmly westward, some accuse its government of leaning towards Moscow — risking Georgian hopes to join the European Union. Lisa Bryant reports from the capital Tbilisi and near the border of South Ossetia.
