Over the past two days, Georgia has granted permission to two airlines to operate direct flights to Russia.
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May 15 – to the Russian air carrier Azimuth, today – to their own airline Georgian Airways.
Recall that Vladimir Puteller on the eve also canceled the visa regime for Georgians who travel for a short time in the Russian Federation.
The European Union expressed regret over this decision of Tbilisi and declares the country’s increasing retreat from a common foreign policy with the EU.
The corresponding level of security harmonization has dropped from 44% last year to 31% this year, says EU spokesman Peter Stano.
On May 16, the reaction of the Office of the President of Ukraine also arose.
History always remembers those who pretended not to notice the genocide, Nazism and its authors,” Andriy Yermak, the head of the Public Organization, wrote on social networks.
He calls Georgia’s decision to open the skies for Russian aircraft false, and history will put everything in its place.
We have a common enemy who has been killing Georgians since 2008, and since 2014 he has been killing Ukrainians. But some seem to be trying to ignore the rocket attacks on Kyiv, the destruction of Maryinka, those killed in Bucha, Irpin, Izyum, the kidnapping of children… Some seem to have forgotten the tragedy in Gora,” writes Yermak.
On May 15, Georgia allowed flights to Russian airlines not under Western sanctions. The Civil Aviation Agency allowed flights between Georgia and the Russian Federation only by airlines and aircraft that did not fall under sanctions.
Georgians are consulting with countries that comply with sanctions but have maintained direct flights to Russia.
Putin’s decision to cancel the visa regime with Georgia, which he introduced 23 years ago, and to restore air traffic with it, which was interrupted by his own decree in 2019, can, on the one hand, be considered expected. After all, at the end of last year, Russian diplomats and parliamentarians spoke directly about the possibility of such steps towards Tbilisi, this is how they commented on Tbilisi’s decision at the American Carnegie Center.
Source: Racurs
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