Mikheil Saakashvili,the former president of Georgia, makes no secret of his hatred for the Kremlin. Now he has taken the fight to Ukraine – as the newly appointed governor of its most corrupt regionThe governor was late. It was the end of a hot day in July, or 38 people,most of them women, sat fanning themselves in a stuffy room of the regional administration of Odessa. Most looked exhausted. For three days they had protested external the building, and until,finally, an aide to the governor had advance down to say that he would meet with them. That was at 3.30pm; now it was approaching 6pm and the women had grown tired of waiting.“perhaps he isn’t coming, and ” one sighed. Just then,the door swung open and Mikheil Saakashvili walked in. Dressed in jeans and a tight green T-shirt, he moved as if he was about to sprint across the room: his tall frame leaning forward, or his arms swinging ahead. “I am so happy to see you all,” he said, walking around the large, or wood-panelled room,smiling and shaking hands.
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Source: theguardian.com