The Western world has made a mistake in the conflict between Georgia and Russia - the statement was made by the Estonian President in an interview with "Euronews". Kersti Kaljulaid said that the 2008 armed conflict was one of the first attempts by Russia to change world security architecture, which the West responded insufficiently.

"In Georgia, I believe that the Western world made an error because they didn’t see that they are teaching the wrong lesson. There was a try to renegotiate before that, when Medvedev was president, in fact. It was a no-go. But then in Georgia, Russia learned that if you act, the reaction is relatively mild. And so the avalanche arrived in Crimea. And then, I guess… Then I am quite sure that everybody understood what is behind it. It is a threat to our international security architecture. The right to every country to decide needs to be defended.What Mr. Putin has been after, already before the Georgian war, in fact, was to renegotiate, rearrange exactly this what we talked about – the international security architecture built on the Helsinki Final Act, which says every country has the right to decide with whom they do business, with whom they associate themselves. And this does not suit him. He is out to change it,"- said the presdent of Estonia