The troublesome Caucasus | After the war | The Economist

Original: The troublesome Caucasus | After the war | The Economist
The troublesome Caucasus | After the war | The Economist: "More critics of Mr Saakashvili's warmongering venture into South Ossetia and his autocratic instincts are emerging: Georgia's ombudsman recently called for "real democracy" to replace authoritarianism. Ironically it is the Russians, who most want to get rid of Mr Saakashvili, who are now his biggest prop: since the war, his popularity rating has risen to over 75%.
Even today, Mr Saakashvili claims to regret nothing; he maintains that he had no alternative and that the war was not really about South Ossetia and Abkhazia at all. Indeed, he barely accepts that Georgia lost."