Tag: Bidzina Ivanishvili
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Georgians protest sham local elections: call for the EU and the UK to sanction Bidzina Ivanishvili
Up to 20,000 people filled the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, last night to protest against what they described as sham local elections, nearly a year after the pro-Russian Georgian Dream rigged parliamentary elections to stay in power. Yesterday’s demonstration was one of the largest the country has seen since last year. Protestors opposed the sham elections…
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Georgia’s parliament inaugurated under heavy police presence and Opposition boycott
Yesterday, Georgia’s parliament was inaugurated under a heavy police presence and mass protests in the capital city of Tbilisi. Opposition MPs boycotted the inauguration of Parliament after the incumbent-ruling Party falsified its election victory. Protests have been ongoing ever since. Only 88 MPs out of 159 members attended the parliament’s inauguration. The President of Georgia…
