France Presse: “Georgia says 2008 war encouraged Russia to take Crimea”

Georgia’s President has drawn parallels between Russia’s current actions in Ukraine and its invasion in Georgia in 2008. Georgia’s President spoke about these and other issues in an interview to Irakli Metreveli, published online by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday.

Margvelashvili said the failure of the international community to punish Russia for its 2008 invasion of Georgia had let Moscow think it can get away with seizing Ukraine's Crimea region.

The fact that the 2008 scenario used by Russia in Georgia -- when a sovereign state's territories were seized with military force -- is now being employed again in 2014 against another country proves that in the last six years both we and our partners have failed to stand up to Russia, Margvelashvili told AFP.

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