‘Saakashvili’s arrest would thrust Georgia into Russia’s orbit’, an article with this title was published by the Financial Times. ‘’In the decade since the Rose revolution, Georgia has undergone a remarkable transformation from an almost failed state to a functioning, growing, fledgling democracy. Even after war with Russia in 2008, the tendencies of the Rose leader Mikheil Saakashvili’s government to try to monopolise power, and the peaceful transfer of power to a billionaire premier last year, that transformation is essentially intact.