Ivanishvili wants Georgian business to return to Russia
Leader of the Georgian Dream coalition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili said that Georgian businessmen should return to the Russian market, because they are not ready for exports to the US and EU, RIA Novosti reports.
Georgia held parliamentary polls on October 1. Georgian Dream got over 50% of votes.
Spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that Moscow was expecting normalization of Russian-Georgian relations. Ivanishvili said on many occasions that dialogue of Moscow and Tbilisi would be his priority, should he win the elections.
Adapted from Vestnik Kavkaza
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