Far-Right Soccer Star Is Tapped for Presidency of Georgia

By Valerie Hopkins The vote, boycotted by opposition parties in Parliament, sets up a standoff with the sitting president and deepens turmoil in the country after protests and a disputed election.

Source: The New York Times

Category: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Politics and Government, Georgian Dream (Political Party), European Union, Ivanishvili, Bidzina, Zourabichvili, Salome, Georgia (Georgian Republic), Russia