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Georgian protest to enter ‘active phase’

Published: 24 April, 2009, 14:49
Edited: 16 April, 2010, 16:30


AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov

The Georgian opposition has promised that their protests are entering the ‘active phase,’ threatening to distract Mikhail Saakashvili's ability to move around the capital.

 
1 COMMENT
Jerry April 16, 2010, 10:40 quote
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Is there really great opposition to the Georgian president- or is this just one-sided wishful thinking by the russian gov't controlled press in Russia?

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