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Regime changes brought about through color revolutions in a number of former Soviet republics are aimed at weakening Russia, not at the strengthening of the CIS, head of the Antisoros organization Maya Nikoleishvili said at a press conference in Tbilisi on Thursday. \"Saakashvili\'s coming to power with the support of Soros and his policy is a vivid example of attempts to discredit Russia in the international arena,\" she said. The Antisosros organization has conducted a poll dealing with Tbilisi residents\' attitudes to Soros\' activity in Georgia in January, she said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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