Aug. 8: Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili holds a candle during a religious service in memory of the victims of last August's war, in a cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia. APVladimir Putin Determined to Kill Me, Says Georgian President -- FOX News
TBLISI, Georgia — Georgia’s pro-Western president said yesterday that Vladimir Putin remained determined to kill him as part of his ambition to restore Russia’s former Soviet empire.
In an interview with The London Times, a year after the war between the two countries, Mikhail Saakashvili said that Georgia’s survival as an independent state threatened Putin’s reputation as a strong ruler. Only continued support from the United States and Europe prevented a Russian invasion to install a puppet regime, he warned.
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