Tuesday, March 10, 2009

ARTICLE: 'Hot Spring' of Protests Looming for Saakashvili (moscowtimes.ru)

10 March 2009, By Matthew Collin

Georgian forecasters have been predicting a "hot spring" as this country's latest political showdown approaches. On April 9, opposition supporters will return to the streets of Tbilisi, demanding the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili. They have called for his head before, of course, but he's still in office and with a mandate to govern until 2013. This time, however, it's a little different. Several high-profile former allies have deserted Saakashvili in the hope of winning the presidency themselves, and in recent weeks they've been making increasingly bitter accusations against their former leader.

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