The Silver Fox of Dictatorship and Democracy
Eduard Shevardnadze was a hero who liberated post-Soviet Georgia from Russia’s tight embrace. He was also one of the most corrupt politicians his country ever saw.
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Eduard Shevardnadze was a hero who liberated post-Soviet Georgia from Russia’s tight embrace. He was also one of the most corrupt politicians his country ever saw.
MOSCOW – Throughout his years in power, Eduard Shevardnadze was known as the “silver fox,” a man who seemed to glide effortlessly from leader of Soviet Georgia and Kremlin Politburo member to Mikhail Gorbachev’s reform-minded foreign minister, before reemerging as post-Soviet Georgia’s pro-Western president, ironically opposing Gorbachev. He regarded himself as a hero who liberated Georgia from Russia’s tight embrace. He was also one of the most corrupt politicians his country ever saw.