Adam Parsons reports from Georgia, where people tell him gunshots are heard regularly near the border with a region annexed by Russia. And in the capital, protests are a regular fixture as the government leans towards Moscow and away from the European Union.
Levan is sitting in his very old car smiling at us through the snow, his eyes twinkling, amused by our discomfort. Not many people come to visit this corner of Georgia, and today the snow is billowing around us. It is biting cold and there is a large stray dog staring at us with a slight air of menace. Welcome to Brotsleti. We are just a few kilometres from one of the most significant borders in continental Europe.
For a long time, fearful of more Russian aggression, the country was pushed along by a wave of support for joining the EU and NATO. Polling suggests that most Georgians still want to pursue that. But now the ruling party has gone cold on the idea. Georgian Dream was created and then bankrolled by a multi-billionaire called Bidzina Ivanishvili who made his money in Russia and is, by a spectacularly wide margin, the richest man in Georgia.
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