Georgia's path toward Western integration has been a volatile one. The Rose Revolution of 2003, which forced Eduard Shevardnadze out of power and replaced him with the United National Movement's Mikhail Saakashvili, set Georgia on a decidedly pro-Western trajectory. Soon, the official goal of obtaining EU and NATO membership became Georgia's primary foreign policy objective. This path created a hostile relationship with Georgia's northern neighbor, Russia. In 2006, Russia placed an embargo on many Georgian products, and in 2008, tensions culminated in a full-scale war . Georgia was quickly defeated, leading to the de facto independence of two breakaway territories in Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and to the establishment of Russian military bases in these territories.