Background 2007 Georgia missile incident

the missile incident occurred amids rising tensions between georgia , russia since 2003 rose revolution, brought mikhail saakashvili, pro-western president power. among others, wish georgia join nato , eu, seeking greater economic , military ties west, irked russia marked loss of russian influence in region. since then, several crises, incidents , accusations have succeeded each other: 2004 adjara crisis, 2006 north ossetia sabotages, 2006 russian ban of moldovan , georgian wines, 2006 kodori crisis, 2006 georgian-russian espionage controversy , march 2007 georgia helicopter attack incident.