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David Bakradze

David Bakradze, Chair Georgian Parliament
David Bakradze
In a HARDtalk interview broadcast on 12th August Stephen Sackur talks to David Bakradze the chairman of the Georgian Parliament

Russian forces have driven Georgian troops out of the tiny separatist enclave of South Ossetia with the express aim of weakening Georgia's military potential.

Georgia's President calls it the cold blooded murder of a small country.

David Bakradze is the chairman of Georgia's parliament. Is Georgia now paying the price for a massive strategic misjudgement?

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