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Eurasian Economic Union structures after 2015 has been hovering between 20 and

30 per cent (23 per cent according to research from June 2017).

Despite the openly pro-western orientation of Georgia, in the long-term one

cannot discount a rise of pro-Russian sympathies. Those responsible for the situ-

ation, however, will not be solely Russians. EU politicians will certainly shoulder

some blame for it as well.

The publication of this text was co-financed with a grant by the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of the Republic of Poland within the framework of Public Diplomacy 2017 –

II component Eastern dimension of Polish foreign policy 2017 and in partnership with

Eastbook.eu. The publication expresses the views of the author only and should not

be identified with the official position of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Translated by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska

Mateusz Kubiak is a graduate of Eastern studies and international relations at

the University of Warsaw. He works as an analyst in Salvor i Wspólnicy.

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