Shevardnadze was a moderate statesman of both the USSR & Georgia, enabled the mostly bloodless post-Soviet transition w.o kowtowing to Gorby
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"Time to realize that neither socialism, nor friendship, nor good-neighborliness, nor respect can be produced by bayonets, tanks or blood."
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Arguably, the post-Soviet space doesn't have politicians of Shevardnadze's caliber. Which is why Ukraine is such a mess, for instance
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