After gaining independence in 1991 chaos reigned in Georgia. The economy totallycollapsed due to a number of serious problems. Among them were the lost war withinsurgent Abkhazia and Ossetia, the civil war, the collapse of the former governancesystem. The wrong policies of the authorities, including the initiative by Shevardnadzeto deposit funds in the Savings Bank with the promise to return twice theamount, contributed to this as well. In a consequence, the economy of Georgia actuallybecame bankrupt and has not come out of recession to date1.The first president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, initially won the electionsby a landslide, securing 86% of votes [2]. In just a few months his rating considerablysank because of his absolutely wrong policy, the opposition intensified and the civilwar broke out which had dire consequences for Georgia. Soon Eduard Shevardnadzearrived in Georgia who in his turn won about 80% of the votes.In the Shevardnadze period, the clan structure of Georgia was particularly obvious.His party consisted of two groups – “men of the old school” who were hisfriends and relatives, and young reformers. The Shevardnadze regime considered thestability their main achievement, meanwhile there had been no promised economicdevelopment2. The reformist wing of The Union of Citizens of Georgia – the ruling

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