Non-democratic regimes to try to pressure the support base of opposition groups as opposed to attacking talking heads directly. From the experience of 7/11/07 the government learned that they will pay a high price for attacking known opposition figures. Such facts are becoming easily known and are easily provable. Hence, nowadays they are targeting lower support base of opposition parties, harassing and beating them. This way talking heads- opposition leaders continue to appear publicly while their support base is becoming smaller As these people are less visible, such cases are harder to prove. Beso Sarjveladze, a former TV star and civic  activist was ambushed and assaulted yesterday. In line with its previous statements, the Georgian government will certainly claim that he beat himself or something of that sort.