Pro-Putin party wins contested election as Georgia drifts further from US, Europe

Georgia’s pro-Western president is calling on his nation's citizens to take to the streets and protest the disputed outcome of recent parliamentary elections which she considered a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Georgia borders with Russia.

"As the last independent institution, I cannot recognize these elections – it would legitimize Russia’s takeover of Georgia. Our ancestors endured too much for us to surrender our European future," Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said in a statement released on X.