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September 30, 2012

Georgia's Battle: Dictators vs. Dreamers

Walter Mayr, Der Spiegel

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Parliamentary elections in the small Caucasus nation of Georgia will be held on Monday. President Saakashvili is waging a desperate effort against rivals who accuse him of behaving like a dictator. But he says his billionaire main opponent is nothing but a straw man for Putin.

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