Georgia Is Walking A Fine Line Between The West And Russia

The United States and European Union have pressed on the Georgian government not to allow the re-establishment of direct flights with Russia as ruling party officials in Tbilisi refuse to rule out the possibility. As Russian officials continued to float the prospect of reversing the ban they instituted nearly four years ago, the U.

S. and EU issued similar statements to media outlets warning that servicing flights to Russia could violate Western sanctions against the Russian airline sector.  “Many Western countries, including the United…