In the Kremlin they are determined to demonise Mikheil Saakashvili, de­scribing him as a “lunatic” and a “pariah”, and accusing him of genocide. Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s twin tsars, want him tried as a war criminal like Slobodan Milosevic. They flatly refuse to talk to him and leave no doubt they want him overthrown.