Russian delegation left UN hall over Saakashvili’s ’russophobic’ speech

The Russian delegation has left UN General Assembly room during the speech of Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia. The anti-Russian character of the Georgian president’s speech at the UN General Assembly forced the Russian delegation leave the room, Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said. President Saakashvili went on to rail against Russian national interests, casting the Kremlin as an empire that does not want peace between its neighbors. “Russian Federation has no interest in having stable states ar