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Georgian Foreign Minister has renounced his Russian citizenship

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    Mr Vashadze sent his passport in an envelope to the Russian president


    Georgian FM sends back passport

    Page last updated at 17:12 GMT, Wednesday, 4 November 2009

    Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, a former Soviet diplomat, has renounced his Russian citizenship.

    He was responding to a motion in the Russian parliament calling for him to be stripped of his passport.

    The motion had accused Mr Vashadze of sowing anti-Russian sentiment in the wake of the conflict between Russia and Georgia last year.

    Mr Vashadze, who held joint Russian-Georgian citizenship, had been highly critical of Moscow's action.

    In the event the motion was not passed, as it was seen as flouting the Russian constitution.

    Mr Vashadze told reporters that the Russian parliament had been "a bit late" as he had already written to President Dmitry Medvedev giving up his citizenship.

    "I put it in an envelope with the passport and sent it," he said. "With this, my Russian citizenship is finished."

    Prima ballerina

    Mr Vashadze's Russian citizenship stems from a period working in the Soviet foreign ministry between 1980 and 1988.

    His appointment as Georgian foreign minister had been seen as an attempt to repair relations between Russia and Georgia, shattered by the five-day war in August 2008, says the BBC's Tom Esslemont in Tbilisi.

    The conflict followed rising tension over the disputed territory of South Ossetia, which Russia has since recognised as independent from Georgia.

    Mr Vashadze's wife, Nino Ananiashvili, a former prima ballerina with the Bolshoi ballet company, remains a Russian citizen.

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    Re: Georgian Foreign Minister has renounced his Russian citizenship

    I can't wait for the next election and a pro-Russian government to return. All this bickering sounds like a Russian soap-opera.
    kurtçul kangal

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      Re: Georgian Foreign Minister has renounced his Russian citizenship

      Originally posted by AlphaPapa View Post
      I can't wait for the next election and a pro-Russian government to return. All this bickering sounds like a Russian soap-opera.
      It won't return, it will be replaced by a govt that spends its time running round in circles between East and West and then falling off the wall like Humpty Dumpty.

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        Re: Georgian Foreign Minister has renounced his Russian citizenship

        Originally posted by hipeter924 View Post
        It won't return, it will be replaced by a govt that spends its time running round in circles between East and West and then falling off the wall like Humpty Dumpty.

        Wouldn't that be ideal?
        For the first time in more than 600 years, Armenia is free and independent, and we are therefore obligated
        to place our national interests ahead of our personal gains or aspirations.



        http://www.armenianhighland.com/main.html

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          Re: Georgian Foreign Minister has renounced his Russian citizenship

          Originally posted by Armanen View Post
          Wouldn't that be ideal?
          Probably.

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