Russia and Georgia: Normalization Without Setting Expectations Too High

... election was effectively a public vote of confidence for Bidzina Ivanishvili. It is remarkable that Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Georgian Dream candidate and the winner of the presidential electoral campaign, has until recently been virtually unknown to voters.... ... defeating Mikheil Saakashvili. Following this electoral victory, the head of the Georgian government resigned and nominated Irakli Garibashvili , the 31-year old minister of the internal affairs, as prime minister. The future role of Bidzina Ivanishvili ...