The Georgian government has been criticised by the West for 'democratic backsliding' as well as for failing to protect minorities - after radicals attacked LGBT Pride earlier this year. None of the organisers of the unrest have been prosecuted for the violence. The government now says Georgia is on a pro-Western democratic path. Tiblisi has also firmly stated that it is no longer within Russia's s
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