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. Last Updated: 06/18/2013

Georgian Dream Will Be Shattered

Several weeks before Georgia's parliamentary elections on Oct. 1, the Russian army staged military exercises near Georgia's border. Fortunately, Russia's armed forces did not have to help the opposition win the vote.

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