Eduard Shevardnadze

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Datablog | What were the greatest successes of Shevardnadze, the UNM, and Georgian Dream?

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Each government of Georgia has had a wide range of successes; but how do the public see these successes from Shevardnadze’s time to the present? When Eduard Shevardnadze’s government is mentioned in Georgia today, it tends to be connected with the dark times Georgia experienced in the 1990s. Yet, his government also saw the introduction of the Georgian Lari, resulting in a stable exchange rate. The United National Movement is credited with fighting petty corruption, and oversaw a period of

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Datablog | The greatest failures from Shevardnadze to Georgian Dream

by Dustin Gilbreath

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While each Georgian government has had a range of successes, as described in another post published today, they have each had their own spectacular failures. From Shevardnadze’s failure to establish state power outside Tbilisi, to the human rights abuses under the UNM and Gavrilov’s Nights under Georgian Dream, every government has had significant shortcomings. While these are some of the most memorable, little research has been conducted on what the public thinks are the largest failings