Events | 2008.05.20
Georgia's leader vows to prevent Russia reviving the Soviet Union
Two photos stand out in the office of the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili – there\'s an autographed one of him with his buddy, George Bush; then there\'s the unsmiling one with his nemesis Vladimir Putin. The body language says it all – the Georgian looks the other way, the Russian disdainfully at the ground. Yet more than anyone else, Mr Putin has defined the presidency of Mr Saakashvili, who came to power in the rose revolution of 2003 promising to bury Georgia\'s Soviet past.
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