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Ukraine’s last best hope

Georgia’s former president may be a reckless narcissist, but he could change everything

23 September 2017

9:00 AM

23 September 2017

9:00 AM

You have to hand it to Mikheil Saakashvili: the man doesn’t give up. After a tumultuous nine years as president of Georgia, which began with a furious anti-corruption purge, culminated in a short but disastrous war with Russia in 2008 and ended with accusations of embezzlement and authoritarian practices, he is determined to return to power — not in his own country, but in Ukraine.

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