people are protesting against and with shame and not say demanding he steps down as president thirty five year old mikhail saakashvili storms the parliament is wearing a bulletproof vest under his coat his supporters are holding brosius the new revolution needed a symbol really challenge the man who had supported and defended him this happens in politics a new page in history often starts with betrayal. and your fellow. i-l. say it is a wealth of course he was scared he didn't know what would happen. also it was mostly concerned about himself and the end result him that he didn't care much about the safety of innocent people a full but. georgia chose in two thousand and three was covered with roses at first not

a single shot was fired during this revolution the young leader came to power back then it seemed the euphoria would never end but put it into the right perspective georgians practically worship saakashvili in two thousand and three and nine years later the same people took to the streets shouting me shit. happen to these people why didn't george i wish the west considered him a beacon of democracy in the caucuses turned out to be a very different country why is this energetic young leader hated by the majority of georgians now how has power to change the young reformers away is georgia headed now.

to everybody that this was a scripted revolution that had a goal in the organizers used methods that time it didn't seem to matter in november two thousand and three george it was going through a political spring the grace awakening hundreds of thousands of georgians took to the streets really believing that life would change for the better. the people didn't want to see old politicians in power they wanted young democrats. really. cool three of them were forced to stick together playing roles of loyalty. they had to establish this formal union because there was pressure from the people but they didn't really like each other didn't respect each other and knew everything about each other. who basically raised this new generation of politicians gave up his

power voluntarily but he warns georgians about possible dangers shouldn't encourage these guys. their kids a bubble of anything. people. remember how he began his political career. he was a young man with a degree in international law from kiev's university of international affairs very friendly. and charming he later it became obvious that he was unstable. just wasn't one of his characteristics. is a small country basically everybody knows everybody here people knew that young mikhail saakashvili was from an educated family this is me sent when he was a little. biography school

a leadership position in university in military service in the soviet border troops but after the fall of the soviet union seconds really got the chance to study abroad he did it with the help of his uncle a u.n. diplomat in ninety five sexually returns to georgia with his dutch wife. his friend . promised him a parliamentary seat as part of the union of citizen of georgia it is not those of the south interestingly enough some have never talked about the fact that he didn't just start his political career in this party but even the leader of the parliamentary majority that supported. when he criticised his government in his public addresses never mentioned the fact that he himself used to be minister of justice and that government. to help his hinde asking people to vote for him but i feel. like. in this hyperactive

young minister with his populist ideas george. even the parents are skinned you haven't come down from the trees the. russians still wear shoes. young. very important lesson at that time there are no friends in politics his power often scared even his own party members. of course he wants to be the leader and he will do anything for that position. literally anything. justifies the means. he often says to his close allies know this if i have to i will sacrifice my own mother who raised me by herself and that was true. nobody can stand in my way but if you stand next to me. i will never forget it. anyone who

joins my team will be duly rewarded. but i'm a very sentimental person sentimental very often when i see sad movies. often cry i am a very gentle person but i am forced to fight all the time. he said. when he became president in two thousand and four and received all the power sex fairly started with some radical reforms. of the diplomatic academy so so since i was a was an advisor to the president at the time as a true georgian he is sitting at a table talking about those times he says that governing a country is not as easy as making him colleague it takes knowledge and skills

whereas really and his team just powered through the load a young team of reformers came up with on realistic projects but they were rookies. they thought the people support us. we have all the power what else do we need a. second israelis first order of business was to fire all corrupt policemen and hire new people who had nothing to do with the old system for two months there were no police in georgia. only for them or the police reform at the mall is small miracle. i remember how cops used to stop my car and ask. would you donate to to the police fund and they had to pay. and then

suddenly. we have police. who don't take bribes. former defense minister and former education minister of georgia dmitri says the georgian police reform was the most successful initiative in that country's georgia was one of the most corrupt countries in the former u.s.s.r. and in nine years it was able to get rid of corruption. somehow it was able to get to the point where you can no longer be stopped by a cop asking for a pride in this country you can have your passport done in five minutes and you don't need to pay anybody. the georgian army was at an unprecedented rate at the same time the authorities didn't make a sequel to the georgian cannons would a match in case of war. before the army reform was based on the idea that russia was our potential enemy. it was in armenia and azerbaijan or

turkey russia was a threat for us so preparing for a potential career of warfare was among our tasks. to georgian armed forces were formed according to the west an image at that time georgia set a world record by increasing its defense budget thirty toy. having secured the us supports the un prison drastically in georgia westwood he was moving towards withdrawing from russia's sphere of influence and integrating into nato actually georgia had already made such a turn in the course of its history. georgia made its first attempt to withdrawing from russia's sphere of influence and finding a western patron in the early twentieth century after the collapse of the russian empire the mensheviks established the georgian democratic republic that when turkey launched this invasion from the south the george. and authorities also germany to

help them soon after that the german expedition we call landed in the port of but to me. at the time europeans viewed the men should make george as a bacon of democracy and of liberalism and social justice according to the second international delegates who would often travel here to enjoy the local wine georgia became a civilized corner of asia. however the admiration of george just stopped when it became a soviet republic in one hundred twenty one. today they're talking about economic and cultural expansion in. some of the to me as areas are taken by truck seventy where they live in. our major projects such as hotels or a turkish should. other than the economic influence we're also dealing with the demographic presence which is quite noticeable. looks at this matter somewhat

differently. where it has historical and political influence. it was he. really had one of the first expropriations of dilutes the. property was returned to the state treasury price in that instance the young reform to seize property from the relatives of the. his son in law. they are not authorized. to monthly georgian pensioners and teachers will be covered by this amount that had been transferred by sugar nazis daughter from new york. in february two thousand and five the anti corruption struggle receded into the background in georgia was shocked when prime minister. this century just second man in the country died in mysterious circumstances.

well we've talked about a lot of lies in part obligation months on the show before that and that ben bernanke m.r. carney are trying to monetise their flatulence that's the that's the economic growth in the u.k. they talk about g.d.p. annualizing at three percent growth but that's any logic at nine percent growth and higher if you put the debts that are off the balance sheet like on the bank of england back into the mix the debts compound a good twenty percent a year or so three percent a year in g.d.p. growth even though it doesn't even discount for the actual inflation number the fact is you can commies in negative territory they're living on carty farts they're living on corny farts here that's their entire economic so-called growth.

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live . a little. and. police found you and his friend. in a rented apartment in this building. they died of carbon monoxide poisoning were however they were discrepancies in the official version a. lot of did the fingerprints of the deceased were not discovered in the apartment and you suppose it was missing one shoe the mysterious death of the prime minister for numerous

room is and theories you will get. in the morning the authorities rushed to say the prime minister died of carbon monoxide poisoning because of a fold with their brain and made he said. but you know mr blood showed a mix of hemoglobin and carbon monoxide. will come from throughout its concentration exceeded forty percent whereas a lethal dose for a human being is twenty percent of the time i an economy should really was the lead independent forensic scientists in georgia the fact that statements of this kind made prior to the autopsy just boosted doubts. that it wasn't carbon morningside poisoning the question is whether that really did happen in bed strange apartment that what they wanted to make it look like solid evidence but they failed. but there were no fingerprints. those people were sitting there eating and drinking how come they didn't leave any fingerprints anywhere that you could get punished of

course it wasn't an accident. it was a planned assassination. now eight years later the circumstances of zurab death still remain a mystery for the entire georgian society however that society and the georgian authorities had radically changed by two thousand and five. little why of course it wasn't as. later the governing system was began transforming into an autocratic regime and the system decided not to investigate the prime minister's death. we believe it was an assassination it wasn't just a murder it was an abomination. my initial i should really who openly expressed outrage towards the unprofessional investigation into the media personally experienced a change of atmosphere in the country when i woke up i saw a man standing in the door. she was wearing a black coat and

a black mask and he was pointing a machine gun at me and my daughter. was the first thing i said was please do not scare my child i thought there were some burglars. i said please take all my money but did not kill my child. and then they told me that i was accused of organizing a coup. i burst out with relief and said praise god. my i was charged with nothing less than preparing for a coup to tell in the form of an insurgents. it wasn't even funny according to them i was going to bring several hundred people together arm them. and then assess and they could. or should cause the internal affairs minister back then. and we know boys are not and then psych us through it as well when maher admitted her guilt she was sentenced to probation and released from custody but that didn't make her life easier.

suddenly i was forced to admit something i wouldn't even dream off in my worst nightmare so dashing i've been living with it for six years now this is something i can't tell anyone not even my daughter i couldn't even calm down my daughter and tell her the truth. i felt like jews in. a concentration camp who had to wear star marks for a recognition. that i felt like i was bearing a mark in my home country which i loved so much. i was not like others i wasn't allowed to do anything i was allowed to stay alive and i was supposed to be thankful for that. but i don't know. if i doubt however that the police reform had some downsides arrest on charges of espionage will organize a coup were conducted on a large scale politically motivated trials for one another under the pretext of

fighting corruption the authorities took away people's businesses the campaign was managed by a record the president's loyal support. stolen money as you call it how large was the sum return to the budget. oh only in the last two months the sum reached about twenty million ten million dollars so the prosecutor comes up to him and says looking did you say you can pay seven million dollars and if you do. you go if not you will go to prison. back then according to those in the know there were cases of businessmen suddenly waking up in the middle of the night and voluntarily signing their property over to the states or officials loyal to sectors really. it was one of those who refused to do that a few years ago he owned a successful business in the oil industry. so our gas was in every gas pump in

the country. they took away zones business and arrested his children to hold it over him for persistent noncompliance all was sentenced to sixteen years in prison . i spent four years in prison there were twelve to go. is the head of one of the most reputed opinion poll companies he was the first one to disclose the results showing that in terms of people's true. georgian place was second only to george's paycheck the second. no they don't take bribes anymore but here's the dilemma. wouldn't it be better if the police recruit to but weren't protecting one single person in office. or is it better for them to be honest but at the same time spare no effort to keep second party the united national movement in power personally i would prefer the former.

the polls conducted by in europe are truly is research center show that despite george's democratic advances the standards of living in the country is still one of the lowest among the former soviet countries. the only things that about forty nine percent of georgians can afford to buy today are food and clothes. georgia's economy took a serious hit in two thousand and six the government sent the russian rhetoric cause this agricultural country its biggest export market the russian one. this is my little cellar where i keep my wine right here. is a used to be considered the most successful businessman in georgia nicknamed the wine king when russia imposed the embargo his company lost about eighty percent of its profits. many companies have gone bankrupt and many companies growth was stunted

in the former soviet countries brand awareness of our products is high we need to invest ten times more to generate such a levels of print awareness in the united states or europe today. combine to kids who served as a minister of economy under sec is really believes the opposite that the embargo benefited georgia's developed economy as it prompted businessmen just search for new markets. in two thousand. five russia was really georgia's number one trade partner and now it's in sixth place. and that's only because georgia didn't close its borders for russian goods that a lot of. the ordinary georgians who worked in the allies on the valley picking grapes lost their jobs because of the embargo. that was a tough it was is there of hope for the better with this well if we're able to export to russia again things will get better for sure. a little bit which.

israeli was busy terrorizing business and depriving the country of export markets the role of the democrats in the international arena he was putting on a show it was small free country struggling. to show it was a success that made an impression on the west. when the e.u. official was plain in brussels he knew he was going to

a young democracy which naturally would have some problems. doesn't. everyone makes mistakes but you know everyone makes mistakes principle has a negative side to it it can become an excuse for anything. george w. bush's visit to georgia in may two thousand and five was the high point of the charade aimed at convincing the audience of the triumph of democracy. then the american president called georgia a beacon of democracy sex really only swore allegiance to western values and named the road from the international airport to downtown to see george w. bush the georgian president has always understood what it means to make a grand gesture. that's how. he was born to work in p.r. and create images that's the way his mind works i can say that because i am one of

the few people who knows him very well. it's a color of his tie wearing american army to inspect the troops or stage performances like when he valiantly drove russian peacekeepers. he was walking and they were retreating before him. of course they were he was the georgian president what were they supposed to do shoot him such things were carefully planned. thinking of. all it takes he always considered how his actions would look. for example inviting mccain and giving him a soviet made gun was heavy on symbolism since mccain served in vietnam and was shot down by soviet pilots it aired all over the world that's what he was trying to achieve through any means. before the circus really was to visit

a georgian town houses had to be painted in a rush and local citizens dressed up the conventions of the ruling party the united national movement for an exact replica of the republican conventions in the us. if we succeed this boy with an angel like face will be living in a completely different georgia. one hundred days remaining. days aflame. just thought you.

should open the car. most everyone in my life that i cared about their own and then. i came to skin well. i was a national champion in track and field and also was able to go and qualify for the olympic games. you know nine hundred eighty eight i started to experiment with that the drugs i had lost all the financial means that i. was really on the street. black market kids. great. interest.

there did whatever they want in syria these days and even the obama administration can do nothing to rein the saudis in and i think the sad answer is that the united states doesn't have the power that it once had it doesn't have the leverage that it wants tries to work through allies three international organizations and occasionally on its own and deal with the court of public opinion. the best america can but there there is a lot in the toolbox right now not many tools live. she turned his lover into an amazon. that had been my dream for so long.

but he couldn't hold on to there is such a thing as outgrowing a teacher now she runs her own amazon factory where they throw down a challenge to man there's no alcohol no smoking and even coffee is forbidden they worship the earth. and water. and learn martial arts. will he ever be able to wind up back man versus. woman. sixteen percent imports came from. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on the territorial waters if they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for a. day

illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. torch is on its journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two hundred cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand. in a record setting trip by. air sea and others face. torch relay. on r t r two dot com.

thousands of protesters converge on the us congress demanding new laws to end mass spying by the national security agency. the u.k. spy agency reels from reports exposing the lengths it went to keep its mass surveillance program secret. and epic moment feelings toward reaches the top of the world as part of its marathon journey to twenty four teams. this is our team now max and stacy give it both barrels it's the kaiser report.