Political Scientist: There Will Be No War between Russia and Georgia
A 'spy war' is over by the Russian-Georgian problems remained, said political scientist, rector of the Caucasus Media Institute Alexander Iskandaryan in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. In his words, permanent crisis between the two states tends to increase. "Russia has no methods of influence of the Georgian side any more. What other economic sanctions can be applied? Russia can block the gas delivery. But gas in Georgia is mostly consumed by Russian companies engaged in electricity processing. Russia can close some secondary ports in the Black Sea. And nothing else will remain. Anyway, there will be no war," the CMI Director said.
He also underscored that Georgian wine and mineral water is already being supplied to the Russian market with other labels via third states. "The same is happening with transfers. Suppose that a Georgian gastarbeiter will lose some 0.5% transferring money from Russia but he will transfer this money by any means even via Australia. Sanctions like the Russian ones do not work in the modern world. There is no Moscow-Tbilisi train but there are Moscow-Baku and Baku-Tbilisi routes. Thus, Russia seems to have beaten itself," the Armenian political scientist said.
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He also underscored that Georgian wine and mineral water is already being supplied to the Russian market with other labels via third states. "The same is happening with transfers. Suppose that a Georgian gastarbeiter will lose some 0.5% transferring money from Russia but he will transfer this money by any means even via Australia. Sanctions like the Russian ones do not work in the modern world. There is no Moscow-Tbilisi train but there are Moscow-Baku and Baku-Tbilisi routes. Thus, Russia seems to have beaten itself," the Armenian political scientist said.
