Eduard Shevardnadze fail Assassination attempt
Eduard Shevardnadze fail Assassination attempt In October 1998, an attempt was made on the life of Georgian President E. Shevardnadze His cortege was fired at first from grenade launchers, and then from automatic weapons. The President was not injured thanks to his armored Mercedes S600 W140. Daimler immediately replaced the crippled car with a new one. They couldn't even imagine a better advertisement. Just as a silverback is chased out from his leadership position by aggressive younger males, Eduard Shevardnadze, nicknamed in his country “Silver Fox” — Tetri Melia in Georgian — resigned his presidency on November 23, 2003. His last political gesture was a great boon to his nation: Shevardnadze refused to order his troops to shoot the opposition. Mindful of what the history books will say about him, the man who led Georgia, on and off, for 31 years decided to bow out gracefully. A wise man, he was not ready for the role of a Slobodan Milosevic or a Nicolae Ceausescu. Shevardnadze...