Saakashvili vows to stay his full term

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Series Details 13.4.09
Publication Date 13/04/2009
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Report of a FT interview with Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, April 2009. He vowed to see out his last four years in office and branded opposition leaders who led tens of thousands of protesters on to the streets of Tbilisi in the previous days as politically immature.

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BBC News, 13.4.09: Georgia protests enter fifth day http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7996970.stm
ESO: Background information: Georgians rally against president http://www.europeansources.info/record/georgians-rally-against-president/
France24, 13.4.09: Opposition rallies up to 20,000 in fifth day of protests http://www.france24.com/en/20090413-opposition-protests-saakashvili-georgia-resignation-president-parliament

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