Five years ago,he won 96 percent of the ballots cast, following a popular movement known as the "Rose Revolution" that forced the resignation of the incumbent, Eduard Shevardnadze.
VOA: standard.2009.09.01
On the one hand, former Soviet Foreign Minister EduardShevardnadze engaged in what amounts to blackmail.
Georgians blame at least two assassination attempts against former President EduardShevardnadze (1992-2003) on a former Georgian security chief, Igor Giorgadze.