Not surprisingly, Georgia's aspiration to integrate with the West is in direct conflict with Russia's desire to regain influence over territory lost in the break-up of the Soviet Union, which according to Russia's leader, VladimirPutin,
'Nuk eshte surprize qe Georgjia qe po aspiron te integrohet ne perendim 'eshte ne konflikt direkt me deshiren e Rusise per te rifituar influencen 'ne territoret e humbura gjate shperbashkimit te Bashkimit Sovjetik, 'qe sipas liderit te Rusise, Vladimir Putin,