Transcripts For BBCNEWS HARDtalk
it is 4.30 in the morning, time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. not so long ago, western powers viewed georgia as a trailblazer for political and economic freedom in the troubled caucasus region. there was talk of the possibility of eventual eu membership or maybe nato. now, well, the talk is of darker trends — authoritarianism, repression of opposition and nagging questions about russia's influence. my guest is georgia's president, with belarus than belgium? president salome zourabichvili in tbilisi. thank you for having me on hardtalk. it is a great ple...