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Key figures of the Rose Revolution: Mikhail Saakashvili (left), Nino Burdzhanadze (center) and Zurab Zhvania 23.11.2007, 08:06

Thorns not roses? Georgia's revolution four years on

Georgia is marking the fourth anniversary of the Rose Revolution that swept Mikhail Saakashvili to power in 2003. In November of that year demonstrators stormed parliament following a rigged election, forcing the resignation of President Shevardnadze.

07.11.2008, 19:34

Georgia’s ‘Scarface’: the rise and fall of Saakashvili

A year after mass anti-Saakashvili protests were held in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi the struggle of the country’s opposition continues. RT sums up Georgia’s recent history and tries to take a glimpse into the countr

Mikhail Saakashvili (AFP Photo / Francois Guillot) 24.11.2008, 12:47

I won’t for run president again – Saakashvili

Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili says he won’t run for the position of head of state again and that his current term will be his last.

Photo by President of Poland press service 24.11.2008, 19:14

Georgia shooting claims “a provocation”

Moscow has denied allegations that Russian troops opened fire near a convoy carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents at the South Ossetian border. Tbilisi says machine-gun fire was heard as the cars of Mikhail Saakashvili and his guest Lech Kaczynski a

Georgian troops (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov) 25.11.2008, 17:53

Tbilisi responsible for South Ossetian tragedy – Georgian diplomat

The former Georgian ambassador to Russia, Erosi Kitsmarishvili, says that Tbilisi bears the main responsibility for starting the war in South Ossetia last August.

Mikhail Saakashvili 25.11.2007, 13:47

Georgia's Saakashvili resigns ahead of election

Mikhail Saakashvili has stepped down as Georgia's President in the run-up to early elections on 5 January. The country's leader of four years says he's confident of winning re-election. In Tbilisi, thousands of activists are taking part in a rally for op

AFP Photo / Irakli Gedenidze 24.11.2008, 13:56

‘Shots fired’ near Georgian presidential motorcade

Russian and South Ossetian authorities are denying any involvement in an alleged shooting incident near the President of Georgia's motorcade. Both Russia’s Foreign and Defence Ministries called the suggestion 'a provocation'.

Roses are red, Georgia is blue

Published: 23 November, 2008, 19:50


Tbilisi, November 22, 2003 (AFP Photo / Sergei Supinsky)

With its two breakaway republics completely lost, its army scattered following defeat in the ‘five-day war’, its key industrial assets on sale, its President’s ties all chewed, and freedom of speech on its territory in s

 
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