Shaakashvili faulted Russia for supporting the demonstrations. This would seem to be another case of "he said, she said," except for that fact of Russia's outright confrontation with the country and NATO, and the opposition's focus on the government shut-down of the "independent" media outlet IMEDI TV.
closer examination of IMEDI media reveals that this was not a case of a neutral news organization being shut down by a bunch of jack-booted thugs. It in fact, involved a network of corrupt business arrangements leading back to -- of course -- Vladimir Putin
In Tbilisi this past Wednesday it was announced that News Corp, ...has received a one year of power of attorney on the entire management
So it seems that President Shaakashvili has for now won another round in the fight against global socialism and one of Putin's former (?) business associates.
The President of Georgia went on TV yesterday to propose early elections in January of 2008; four months ahead of schedule 
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