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TBILISI - The majority of the Georgian population supports the resumption of the dialogue with Russia, according to a poll taken by the International Republican Institute (IRI).

When asked "whether they agree on the resumption of the dialogue with Russia," 73% fully agreed, 17% partially agreed and for only 4% the resumption of the dialogue with Russia was unacceptable.

In the same poll, 54% of respondents named unemployment as Georgia’s greatest problem, 18% – territorial integrity, 9% – economic problems, 2% – social problems and 2% – poor relations with Russia.

The study was conducted on Oct. 27 through Nov. 11. A total of 4,000 people were randomly selected.