WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has imposed sanctions on the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party, which has steered the country away from a pro-Western stance and towards Russia, U.S. officials said Friday. The State and Treasury ...

Protesters form human chain in Tbilisi, rejecting election of Mikheil Kavelashvili amid allegations of electoral fraud, say media reports - Anadolu Ajansı

A European official declared that “the engagement shown on election day” should be considered evidence “of a system that is still growing and evolving, with a democratic vitality under construction.” Overall,

Georgia is set to inaugurate on Sunday a ruling party loyalist as president, after his election was declared "illegitimate" by the outgoing leader and the pro-Western opposition.Opposition parties have refused to enter the newly elected parliament,

On the eastern edge of the Black Sea, the Georgian president is refusing to step down, as demonstrations have gone on for weeks in support of Georgia joining the European Union.

Russia has begun providing emergency electricity supplies to Georgia’s Moscow-backed separatist region of Abkhazia, the region’s Energy and Transport Ministry announced, reported TASS.

Russia will start humanitarian supplies of electricity to Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region backed by Moscow, from Monday, Russian news agencies quoted local officials as saying. Electricity shortages,

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

Georgia’s new president was not directly elected after a change to the constitution, and was the only person on the ballot.

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.

Salome Zourabichvili's term is due to end on Sunday, but she says she is her country's last legitimate institution.