Head of Central Electoral Commission is doused with black paint during unruly session as protesters gathered outside.
Protesters in the breakaway Georgia region of Abkhazia stormed the parliament building
![In this photo taken from video released by AIASHARA Independent Agency, Protesters, two of them hold an Abkhazian and Russian flags, gather outside the parliament building of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared over a proposed pact that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region, Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, [AIASHARA Independent Agency via AP]](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AP24320500050953-1731704293.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Tensions have flared during the past week over a proposed deal that would allow Russians to buy property in Abkhazia.
Russian Embassy in Washington, DC says insinuations of Moscow’s interference in US election are ‘malicious slander’.
State prosecutors say probe comes at request of electoral commission as they summon President Salome Zourabichvili.
Ballots in five randomly selected polling stations in each of Georgia’s 84 electoral districts will be recounted.
Protests come after the opposition and the president said the vote was rigged in favour of the ruling party.
Georgia’s president has called for mass protests, but the Georgian PM says the ruling party’s victory ‘is impressive’.
Result says Georgian Dream controls 150-seat parliament, but it is short of absolute majority to change constitution.
The governing party takes a lead but the pro-West opposition claims victory setting stage for confrontation.
An alliance of pro-Western opposition parties is challenging the ruling pro-Russian Georgian Dream.
![A man votes in Georgia's parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tbilisi on October 26, 2024. [Vano SHLAMOV / AFP]](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-1729933279.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Experts say that Saturday’s elections will define where the Caucasus nation’s geopolitical future lies.
EU froze accession talks after Georgia government passed controversial ‘foreign influence law’ earlier this year.
Prime minister accuses Salome Zourabichvili of choosing ‘pseudo-liberal propaganda’ instead of ‘family values’.
