As early as 1950, when she first stood for parliament in her early 20s, she said that as long as we stick to principle we have nothing to fear from Russiancommunism.
Untried and lacking a popular base of his own, Mr Kiriyenko has nonetheless got together the most promising (and youthful) team of Russian reformers since communism ended.
Instead of lip-service to communism and Russian dominance, pay it to capitalism and democracy, and you and your pals can still run Georgia much as you want.