President Salome Zourabichvili said that the country fell victim to a “Russian special operation” aimed at moving it off a path toward Europe.
In this photo taken from video, Georgia n President Salome Zourabichvili , left, speaks to the media as Nana Malashkhia, who leads the Coalition for Change parliament list, right, stands near, after the parliamentary election in Tbilisi , Georgia , on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.
Georgian Dream has become increasingly authoritarian over the past year, adopting laws similar to those used by Russia to crack down on freedom of speech. Brussels suspended Georgia’s EU membership process indefinitely because of a Russian-stylepassed in June. Many Georgians viewed Saturday’s vote as a referendum on the opportunity to join the European Union.The election campaign in the South Caucasus nation of 3.
The conduct of the polls, he said, is more evidence that points to the ruling party’s “democratic backsliding.” In the capital Tbilisi, Tiko Gelashvili, 32, said, “The results that were published are just lies and rigged.”
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