Georgian Billionaire Set to Lower Curtain on Rose Revolution - Bloomberg:
"Georgians are set to elect a presidential candidate backed by their billionaire prime minister in a vote that will bring the curtain down on an era that pivoted the country toward the U.S. and Europe.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, who pulled off a shock victory over President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party in parliamentary elections last year, is backing Giorgi Margvelashvili in the Oct. 27 ballot. Margvelashvili, a former education minister, has more than twice the support of his nearest rival in the latest polls.
Capturing the presidency would complete a transition from the 2003 Rose Revolution that usurped ex-Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and loosened Georgia’s ties with Russia. With his stated goal of reshaping Georgian politics complete, Ivanishvili said he’ll hand the premier’s job to an ally after the new president is sworn in next month."
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