Georgia Ditches Base

TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia’s parliament has annulled an agreement with Russia allowing Moscow to use its territory as a transit nation to a Russian military base in Armenia. Tuesday’s unanimous vote means that a five-year agreement struck in 2006 will not be automatically renewed. Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said renewing the agreement wouldn’t be “politically expedient” due to the “Russian aggression” that […]