The Georgian government's move away from the European Union and closer to Russia is fueling daily protests. Here's why it matters.

"Even though Georgia had closer contacts with the EU and U.S., they didn't solve the country's main problem, which was security — the permanent threat of Russia," Kakachia said. "The Russian invasion of Ukraine drastically changed the calculus ...

Georgia’s outgoing president wants the European Union to press her country’s pro-Russia government to hold a new election.

Russia is set to provide humanitarian electricity supplies to Abkhazia, a breakaway region in Georgia, due to a severe power shortage caused by low water levels at the Enguri hydroelectric dam. Shutdowns in the region will be reduced significantly,

Georgian Dream nominated Kavelashvili — mocked by the opposition for lacking higher education. He was a striker in the Premier League for Manchester City.

Georgian lawmakers have voted in far-right former soccer star Mikheil Kavelashvili as next president of Georgia, amid mounting popular anger over the government’s halt to EU accession talks.

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Mikheil Kavelashvili’s victory is still challenged by the opposition who claim the election was rigged with Russia’s help. “There is no legitimate parliament and thus no legitimate election,” said Georgia’s outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili.

Georgia selected Mikheil Kavelashvili as its next president on Saturday, as protests backed by the current head of state continue over the government’s turn away from the West in favor of closer ties with Russia. Kavelashvili, a former footballer and ...

Dec. 10, 2024 On the streets of Georgia, it’s starting to look a little like the Ukraine of 10 years ago, before the war, when tensions with Russia started brewing. An increasingly authoritarian government in a former Soviet republic cools to the ...

Russia actually controls part of our territory today ... as saying on Sunday. Abkhazia broke from Georgia’s control in a war after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, during which hundreds of thousands of ethnic Georgians fled ...