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[Kikke]

Zurab Zhvania vs. Boris Beresovski
Did it occur to anybody that Zurab Zhvania might have fallen victim to Boris Berezovski’s rancour as the anti-corruption campaign in Georgia must have seriously affected the sphere of interests of Russian oligarch in the Caucasus? As David Zhvania (Zurab Zhvania’s cousin) got to learn about the plans of Boris Berezovski to eliminate Zurab Zhvania, he drastically changed the style of his attitude to Berezovski (who was his political partner during the “orange revolution” while David Zhvania used to be Berezovski’s R-hand in Ukraine) and said he would extradite Berezovski to Russia if he comes to Ukraine. Unfortunately, Zurab Zhvania did not pay attention to his cousin’s warnings and forfeited his life for it.

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well,

i was drawn to this post by the names. i must proclaim a fair amount of ignorance of eastern european politics... but as an outsider must ask some things, if possible.

do most people in the region see putin as someone who is on the verge of trying to reclaim power lost to democratic decentralization?

does the recent events of the ukraine, personally one of the better political stories i have seen in some time, hurt putin?

or, as your post and the recent events in the ukraine suggest - politics is still a VERY dirty business?