Word: zurab
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...opposition also alleged corruption and crime in Saakashvili's own team. The real bombshell came in September 2007, when Irakli Okruashvili, once Saakashvili's closest confidant and Defense Minister, publicly accused the President of ordering a political murder. Okruashvili also claimed that the popular Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, whose mysterious death in January 2005 was officially explained by a gas leak, was in fact murdered. These allegations have been denied by Saakashvili...
...DIED. ZURAB ZHVANIA, 41, influential, reform-minded Prime Minister of Georgia and close ally to President Mikhail Saakashvili; of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently from a space heater in the apartment of an acquaintance, who also died; in Tbilisi. The incident was a shock, but not unheard of in Georgia, where 45 others have died under similar circumstances in the past three years. A key advisor to the president, Zhvania was a leader in the popular 2003 uprising that ousted President Eduard Shevardnadze...
...DIED. ZURAB ZHVANIA, 41, influential, reform-minded Prime Minister of Georgia and close ally of President Mikhail Saakashvili; of carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently from a space heater in the apartment of a political acquaintance, who also died; in Tbilisi, Georgia. The bizarre event was a shock--but not unheard of in Georgia, where central heating is scarce and 45 others have died from carbon monoxide in the past three years. A key economic adviser to the President, Zhvania was a leader in the 2003 popular uprising that ousted President Eduard Shevardnadze...
...want to choose a different way of life from this old Soviet bureaucracy," says Zurab Zhvania, the former speaker of Parliament who resigned in order to distance himself from Shevardnadze's policies. "The balance of power should be with Parliament." He is echoed by Mikhail Saakashvili, a young Western-thinking leader in Parliament and one of Georgia's few genuinely popular politicians. "We cannot imagine Shevardnadze maintaining his wide powers," he says. The reformers envision a strong Parliament headed by an elected prime minister. Shevardnadze, on the other hand, would prefer the P.M. to be appointed by the president...