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Batu Kutelia
Ambassador Batu Kutelia is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute's (FPRI) Eurasia Program and a professor at Webster University. He is the former Georgian ambassador to the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Deputy Secretary of Georgia's National Security Council, and Foreign Intelligence Service. He also served as Georgia's First Deputy Defense Minister in 2008, during Russia's war against Georgia.
Articles
Kutelia, Sikharulidze: Ending Putin’s wars – don’t forget Georgia
Aside from the capital city of Tbilisi, where 40 miles away Russian occupying troops are stationed in Georgia’s South Ossetia region, the danger of unjust peace is also felt in Batumi, the country’s tourist hotspot on the Black Sea coast.
Over the horizon lies Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea. Drive two hours north of Batumi along the coast, and Russian troops also occupy another of Georgia’s regions – Abkhazia.
Russia invaded Georgia in August 2008, capturing Abkhazia and South Ossetia and s
Batu Kutelia: Lessons from Georgia of geopolitical procrastination
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent.
Feb. 24, 2022, was the date that Russia launched a decisive offensive against the free world.
This war has caused a far-reaching domino effect and irreversible negative consequences on freedom and security globally. It has already incurred the heavy human cost of many innocent lives.
While Ukraine courageously fights against the Russian military
