On Saturday conference participants discussed prospects of Georgian-Russian relations and listened to a report by the director of the International Institute of Humanitarian-Political Research, leader of the Russian party SLON (People's Union for Education and Science), Vyacheslav Igrunov, on 'color' revolutions on the post-Soviet space.
According to Igrunov, the Georgian revolution could give "dangerous inspiration to other countries."
Mikhail Saakashvili's presidency aggravated Georgian-Russian relations, although Russian politicians pinned great hopes on the rose revolution, Igrunov said.
Igrunov expressed hope that such conferences would help improve bilateral relations by means of cooperation at the civil level. "The Georgian side does not fully realize the importance of cooperation between civil organizations, while Russia has experience of such cooperation with Ukraine," he told Novosti-Georgia agency.
Representatives of the Georgian National Security Council, the International Institute of Humanitarian-Political Research, the North Ossetian Institute of Humanitarian and Social Research, the Georgian Institute of Public Affaires and other public organizations are attending the conference.
