4899>by Stephen F. Jones 1998 was a difficult year for Georgia – generously one might describe it as two steps forward and one step back. President Eduard Shevardnadze, who turned 70 in 1998, described the year as a “test of strength for Georgian statehood.” It was a year when corruption, the control of law enforcement bodies, and the problem of […]
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