STRATEGIC VECTORS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS GEORGIA
Journal: European Political and Law Discourse
Year: 2021

The most serious threats and challenges facing Georgia, which hinder the state development, hold up the country's Euro-Atlantic integration, the de-occupation of the occupied territories, and their reintegration, mainly come from Russia. Russia's foreign policy strategy in Georgia was historically based on the implementation of the "carrot and stick" policy. This method was used brilliantly by the Russian Imperial Gendarmerie and diplomacy during the conquest of the Caucasus when the fierce Ermo