Summary

Former soccer star Mikheil Kavelashvili, known for anti-West views, was elected president of Georgia by an electoral college controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party.

The opposition boycotted the vote, calling it illegitimate, and outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili refuses to step down, escalating a constitutional crisis.

Protests erupted over concerns of election fraud, suppression of democracy, and delayed EU accession talks.

Georgian authorities face international condemnation for police brutality and anti-democratic laws, with Western leaders warning of Georgia’s drift toward Russia under Georgian Dream’s leadership.

  • Riddick3001
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    This situation is a shitstorm in the making. Hope Georgians get their freedom? peace and democracy. It’s what they’re fighting for.

    • Jack
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      214 hours ago

      It is widely known reactionaries make stable and long lasting governments /s

  • @[email protected]
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    215 hours ago

    If Georgia isn’t a democracy then I guess they aren’t really welcome in the EU anyway, so that kind of solves itself.

  • Flying SquidM
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    -218 hours ago

    Do they still have all the Lenin statues around? Because I’m thinking a quick chisel here and there and they can be repurposed for their former use, but with Putin’s face.