Institutional reform and democracy in Georgia 9 years after the “Rose revolution”
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By Olena Havrylchyk
On October 2, Mikheil Saakashvili – who has led the “Rose Revolution” in Georgia in 2003 and has been president since 2004 – admitted defeat of his party in Georgia's parliamentary election against Bidzina Ivanishvili.