Mr. Putin wages war on minorities, while Mr. Saakashvili’s government just passed a law to protect religious pluralism. Mr. Putin frequently opposes U.S. foreign policy, while Georgia has been a ...

Following sharp international criticism, including from the Bush administration, Mr. Saakashvili subsequently announced that he would advance the presidential election to Jan. 5. But as of ...

It is this spirit that Mr Saakashvili is now trying to revive in Odessa. Lacking a responsible Ukrainian political elite, the president, Petro Poroshenko, has recruited foreigners into his ...

Mr. Saakashvili has always been a champion of universal human values, a stalwart ally to the West and America, and a critic of Russian hegemony over the former Soviet republics. As the third President ...

There are, however, reasons why the appointment of Mr. Saakashvili to head the Odessa region, a place of great import in Ukraine’s struggle against Russia, that is considered by many to be the ...

“We urge the Government of Georgia to treat Mr. Saakashvili fairly and with dignity, as well as to heed the Public Defender’s recommendations about appropriate treatment,” State Department ...

He was invited to Ukraine by President Petro Poroshenko who went to university with Mr. Saakashvili. Mr. Poroshenko knew Mr. Saakashvili needed a home and had proven skills as a reformer.

Polls had shown that the UNM would win the election. "And we believed them”, said a shell-shocked aide to Mr Saakashvili. In the afternoon of October 2nd Mr Saakashvili appeared on television to ...

Mr. Saakashvili said that Russia’s position would be critical to finding the way toward reunifying the country, but that efforts at substantive dialogue had been met with delay. He said he had ...

With a bronze bust of Ronald Reagan clearly visible in the background, Mr. Saakashvili graciously conceded defeat in a televised address to the nation. The newly formed Georgian Dream coalition ...