2007 Georgia Missile Incident - Background

Background

Georgia–Russia
relations
  • Internal conflicts in Georgia
    • Georgian Civil War
    • 1991–1992 South Ossetia War
    • War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)
    • Rose Revolution
    • 2004 Adjara crisis
  • 2006 Georgia-Russia crisis
    • 2006 North Ossetia pipeline explosions
    • 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines
    • 2006 Kodori crisis
    • 2006 Georgian–Russian espionage controversy
    • 2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia
  • 2007 Alleged air space violations
    • 2007 Georgia helicopter incident
    • 2007 Georgia missile incident
    • 2007 Georgia plane downing incident
  • 2007 Russian ambassador controversy
  • 2007 Georgian demonstrations
  • 2008 South Ossetia war
  • 2008 Georgia–Russia crisis
  • 2011 Georgian protests

The missile incident occurred amids rising tensions between Georgia and Russia since the 2003 Rose Revolution, which brought Mikhail Saakashvili, a pro-western president to power. Among others, his wish for Georgia to join NATO and the EU, as well as seeking greater economic and military ties with the West, irked Russia as it marked a loss of Russian influence in the region. Since then, several crises, incidents and accusations have succeeded each other: the 2004 Adjara crisis, the 2006 North Ossetia sabotages, the 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines, the 2006 Kodori crisis, the 2006 Georgian-Russian espionage controversy and the March 2007 Georgia helicopter attack incident.

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