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October 3, 2012

Is Georgia's New Leader Crazy?

Shaun Walker, Foreign Policy

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Beyond his zebra-rearing, art-collecting eccentricities, we don't know all that much about Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose Georgian Dream coalition won a shock victory in Monday's parliamentary elections here. But after his victory news conference, we do know one thing for sure: He's no orator.

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