GEORGIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS DURING THE PERIOD OF"GEORGIAN DREAM" POWER

The current stage of Georgia-Russia relations began in 2012, when the "Georgian Dream" party came to power and introduced changes in the foreign policy course. In order to understand the current course of bilateral relations, it is important to analyze the processes that have taken place between the parties since 2012. The purpose of the scientific work is to analyze the bilateral relations after the "Georgian Dream" came to power, to present the existing problems and challenges, to investigate the nature of these relations, as well as the influence of geopolitical developments on the relations. While writing the scientific work, we used the systematic methods of historical-comparative, event and content analysis. Achievements. Since 2012, relations between Georgia and the Russian Federation have registered a dynamic growth in several areas, changing the character and course of relations, the Russian Federation has become one of the leading economic states of Georgia, but politically, the existing problems the ongoing conflicts with Abkhazia and Ossetia in bilateral relations remain unresolved.