Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ngwụcha afọ 1980 ka Soviet Union dabara na nsogbu, Shevardnadze ghọrọ onye na-enweghị mmasị na ya ma na-emegide ndị Soviet siri ike na-enweghị mmasị na mgbanwe ya na usoro dị nro ya na West. Ọ katọrọ mkpọsa nke ndị agha Soviet iji belata otu
nnupụisi n'obodo ya bụ Georgia n'afọ 1989. N'ime ngagharị iwe megide mmetụta na-arịwanye elu nke ndị na-eme ihe ike n'okpuru Gorbachev, Shevardnadze gbara arụkwaghịm na mberede na December 1990, na-ekwu, sị, "Ọchịchị aka ike na-abịa". Ọnwa ole na ole ka e mesịrị, e mere ka egwu ya pụta ìhè n'ụzọ ụfọdụ mgbe ndị Kọmunist na-eme ihe ike nwara ịkwatu ọchịchị, nke ahụ mekwara ka Soviet Union daa. Shevardnadze laghachiri nwa oge dị ka Mịnịsta Mba Ọzọ nke Soviet na Nọvemba 1991 mana ọ gbara arụkwaghịm na Gorbachev n'ọnwa na-eso ya, mgbe Soviet Union mebiri.