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In August 2008, United States-Russia bilateral relations became further strained, when Russia and Georgia fought a five-day war over the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. President Bush said to Russia, "Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century." [64]
As Georgia was moving towards independence from the Soviet Union early in the 1990s, monarchical restoration was an issue on the fringes of politics, but without actual candidates to a throne and popular support for monarchy.
In the UN Security Council, the United States was heavily critical of Russian support of the secessionist governments, accusing the government of violating Georgia's territorial integrity. In response, Vitaly Churkin , the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, attacked the U.S. claim to moral high ground by recalling its invasion of ...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced visa restrictions for certain individuals linked to "undermining democracy in Georgia", believed to be associated with the ruling Georgian Dream party, which criticized the US decision, labeling it as "comical" and accusing Washington of threats and blackmail to limit Georgia's independence.
A 2021 poll by YouGov found that 5% of Americans would consider it a good thing for the United States to have a monarchy (7% support among men and 4% support among women), with 69% answering that it would be a bad thing. In the YouGov poll, African-Americans were most likely to answer positively in favor of a monarchy at 10% support. [18]
A decade-old quote by Donald Trump, Jr. resurfaced in a New York Times column over the weekend. "In terms of high-end product influx into the US, Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross ...
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Georgia stands at a crossroads. The ruling Georgian Dream party, led by oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, has violated the country’s constitutional obligation for integration with the European Union ...