Formal diplomatic relations between Georgia and Russia, broken in 2008 after the August war and Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. They have not been restored, and the two states have conducted eighteen years of growing trade and transit without them.
Eine symmetrische Vereinbarung: Sie liest sich von beiden Seiten gleich. Einmal verfasst, in einem Eintrag.
Die Vereinbarung
- Status
- EndedEnded, on the date the record states. A historical relationship, not a weakened one.
- Was sie umfasst
- DiplomatischKategorien, die die Vereinbarung nachweislich umfasst. Kein Maß: Eine Beziehung, die mehr davon umfasst, ist ausführlicher beschrieben, nicht gefestigter.
Zusammenfassung
Georgia broke diplomatic relations with Russia in 2008, following the August war and Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states on 26 August. They have not been restored under any subsequent Georgian government, including the one that froze EU accession. What makes the record worth holding is that almost nothing else followed the rupture: trade and transit through the Upper Lars crossing have grown, Russian visitors and money reach Georgia freely, and the two states deal with each other through intermediaries and through the Geneva International Discussions without either moving to restore relations. The severance is real, formal, and has not determined the relationship it was meant to define.
Warum es wichtig ist
It is the module's clearest demonstration that a formal diplomatic status and the substance of a relationship can diverge completely, and for a long time. A reader who takes "no diplomatic relations" to mean estrangement will misread Georgia's position; a reader who takes the trade to mean rapprochement will misread it in the other direction.
Verwandte Ereignisse
- Der Russisch-Georgische Krieg 7. – 12. Aug. 2008
Militärisch · Territoriale Veränderung
- Russland erkennt Abchasien und Südossetien an 26. Aug. 2008
Politisch · Diplomatisch
Was unbekannt bleibt
- This module records that relations have not existed since 2008 and does not itself record when they were established. `validFrom` is given as 1992, the standard date for the post-Soviet establishment of relations, and is context rather than a claim this record's sources establish. The load-bearing dates here are the 2008 severance and the eighteen years since.
- The severance is dated to 2008 at the precision this module carries. The day is not recorded here.
- Contact between the two states continues through intermediaries and through the Geneva International Discussions. Vigil does not publish the content of those channels.
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