Key Georgia Election Beset by Rival Claims of Russian, Western Interference

Published on October 20, 2024

Analysis Georgia, a small nation in the South Caucasus region, will hold crucial parliamentary elections next week that some experts believe could determine the country’s geopolitical trajectory. “The outcome of the election will decide not just future foreign policy but Georgia’s history for years to come,” Giorgi Badridze, a political analyst and former Georgian diplomat, told The Epoch Times. While Georgia, a former Soviet republic, has long sought to join the EU and NATO, its ruling Georgian Dream party is accused by critics of seeking to steer the country back into Moscow’s orbit. In power since 2012, Georgian Dream is set to face off against a loose coalition of pro-Western opposition parties in parliamentary polls slated for Oct. 26....

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