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“No future for Georgia if current situation persists” – former Georgian MP

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“USA should suggest to President Saakashvili to resign peacefully,” Tsotne Bakuria, a former Georgian Parliament member, told RT. “This will be the best solution for us, for Americans, for Russians and for the region.”

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