Stanowisko Rumunii wobec wojny rosyjsko-gruzińskiej
The Attitude of Romania to the Russian-Georgian War

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on Romania’s attitude during the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008. Romanian President Traian Băsescu was one of the main critics of Kremlin’s policy, however, during the active phase of the Russian invasion in Georgia, Romanian authorities limited themselves to declarative speeches. The Russian-Georgian war coincided with the start of the parliamentary election campaign in Romania. For the opposition parties, the conflict in Caucasus has become one of the many topics used to criticize President Băsescu’s foreign policy. Romanian authorities also used the aggression of Moscow to mobilize voters by warning against a repetition of a similar scenario in the neighboring state of Moldova (Transnistria).

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