- support are we seeing for the georgia dream party? so, 's we could argue _ georgia dream party?ould argue based _ georgia dream party? so, 's we could argue based on _ georgia dream party? so, 's we could argue based on the - georgia dream party? so, 's we could argue based on the polls| could argue based on the polls in the october 26 election that georgia dream probably have something like... much of that support was in their regions. but the situation has changed dramatically since elections. originally, much, now the protesters all around the country. it's in the major cities, even smaller cities than the major ones. it looks like the mood has become much more than it was before. before as i say, largely urban based on the capital city. now it is beginning to be much more challenging to the government. the , ., challenging to the government. the ., ~' ., challenging to the government. the you talk about the response we've seen _ the you talk about the response we've seen from _ the you talk about the response we've seen from authorities, . we've seen from authorities, toward

so the moscow friendly georgia dream party claimed the vote was on saturday, the georgia dream control problem and elected this man, monsieur. this obviously a former football player turned right wing politicians. the opposition fevers will steer georgia away from joining the european union outside the parliament building . protesters cast out on how they treat these qualifications our, our garden gate to our election and our president candidates, you say rather, and they've got for us for georgia, you pub, josie, how people to the she doesn't have an invitation to be a president. so we're progressing this where you're showing over diploma that we are more capable of the present moment use no to legitimate problem and they cannot say look at president, this is not because they are breaking the law displayed obviously these election today, outgoing president. so let me sort of it, cd said she won't recognize the vote and called for fresh elections in order to have peace and justice in the country. new elections and need to go down. that is why we are here. demonstrators have once again

couege today, it was the electoral college which consists of members largely loyal to the georgian dream partyetty much everyone voted in favour of mikheil kavelashvili. he is the candidate who was proposed by the ruling party and currently in georgia's parliament, there is only one party, it is the georgian dream, the ruling party, because the opposition is boycotting the parliament, citing vote rigging in october parliamentary elections. it is very cold in tbilisi, the georgian capital, but despite that we are seeing more people joining the protests and there have nightly protests here for more than two weeks. earlier, some people were kicking a football as a kind ofjoke and say that mikheil kavelashvili perhaps, he was a good footballer in his previous career but they do not believe that he is fit to be the country's next president. they were holding red cards and also people here saying that he is not qualified to be the next head of state. all of this is happening with the incumbent president who earlier today walks past the protest area and she was cheered by the crowd. she has said that

we've seen months of protests against the governing georgian dream party. what are the main issues concerning the protesters for the protesters? it's mostly about the democracy and if you integrate the georgia bar to which has been in power for 12 years has for a long time, subscribed to the idea of you integration, which is very popular in the georgia society, which is also in strides in the countries constitution, however, after russia's invasion of you crazy things have changed a little bit this, especially in the last year we've seen the georgia dream publications officials coming out with increasingly come to western rhetoric and also cracking down on and yours. and those are the key writes. so the protesters see this as a sign of turn away from you and possibly for sure. all right, well i have to leave it there at dw correspondence shy gosh. and she announced joining us from to please. thank you and my celebrations have taken place across syria to mark the 1st friday prayer since the fall of the dictatorship. more than 13 years of war, along with the

his election was blanketed by the position as the ruling georgia dream party tysons its grip on pos. also coming up. south korea as presidents is suspended after a vote to impeach him. eunice of jo says, who step aside, but one's give up as the courts now consider as his future impeachment decision to celebrate that in so less than 2 weeks after the use of food attends to impose marshall the i am eddie micah genia and you are welcome to the program, political controversy continues in georgia, where mikhail calculus really has been named as the countries knew, precedents made a constitutional crisis. the football attend file, right? but in addition to seeing as the pro ration and as a hotline critical of the west election was white and said by the position who have described the process as elected to meet this is george's new president. mckayla covet, i should be li, a form of football player attend right wing politician. elected by a parliament largely controlled by the pro russian georgian dream patchy in the off position boy cost with the process describing it as quote, a legitimat

so the moscow friendly georgia dream party claim the vote was president on saturday, the georgia dream control problem and elected this man. miss, you have a, she'd be a former football player turned right wing politicians. the opposition for years will steer georgia away from joining the european union to outside the apartment building. protesters cast out on how they treat these qualifications our cause north our government. uh great. uh to our election and our president can do that. you said brother and read god for us for the 00 pub josie, available to present the he doesn't have an invitation to the president. so we're progressing this way. we are showing our diplomas that we are more capable of being present because this is no to legitimate problem and they cannot say elected president, this is not because they are breaking the law despite how they see these election today, outgoing president. so let me sort of which cd said she won't recognize the vote and called for fresh elections in order to have peace and justice in the country. new elections and need a quote on. that is why

so they've -- so they voted against the georgian dream party but the georgian dream party in charge of the election machinery has tried to rig the election. and so the people of georgia have risen up in response. and the georgian dream government, an arm of the putin russia government, has responded in tyrannical fashion. the georgian dream party has worked to overthrow the will of the voters and has marshalled the power of the police to crack down violently on peaceful protests. in a number of days, mr. president, the georgian dream party could actually forcibly remove the democratically elected president of georgia from power. now, the biden administration has taken baby steps, long overdue, and i wish they would be more forceful. our american administration has now publicly sanctioned two individuals. the state and treasury departments have sanctioned a senior ministry official and the georgia minister of internal affairs. now, what do the sanctions involve? they involve blocking the offending officials of the georgia dream party from transaction in american banks. we can do that. t

and due to the submit your who is from the routing, georgia dream party has a claim to pro you pro this, there's forced pointing this event that i was there, and i was able to see a few dozen of government supporters. however, the square was clearly dominated by the onto government and pro you process there there's, you can actually just see now behind my back the rest of the avenue. some people are coming back from the protests. some people are still going to the parliament building at dar. definitely thousands of people there tonight or very it's a cold and i think the police in my minus 2 minus degrees celsius. so the crowd this visit, the smaller than that say a week ago. right, right. so do you position calls to days, vote illegitimate. but on what grounds as well, basically the opposition has been boy accounting department ever since the general election. back in october officially, the selection was won by the ruling georgia dream party to have the parliament majority now. but the opposition, as well as the incumbent president, tell them is that obviously they claim that the sele

the officially the selection was won by the ruling georgia dream party. they have the parliament majority now, but the opposition as well as the incumbent president, tell them is that obviously they claim that the selection was stolen or written. and due to the alleged irregularities like voters intimidation or cases of double voltage. so they are calling for new general election, and this is also why the opposition didn't show up to the parliament today for the election of the new president. because cover law should be the was chosen by the running majority about the opposition just calling him legitimate. right, you mentioned a new president. let's talk a bit about him. tell us about details kind of calculus. ve. why is he so controversial? he's a former football player. he's 53 years old and he, he joins politics just a few years ago with the georgia dream really party. and he's considered as a hard liner, a famous for his log onto western rhetoric. and as, as m p, he was the one who was often proposing to more radical ideas. she was one of the initiat

the new president is supported by the ruling georgia dream party, whose decision to suspend moves to join the who has sparked months of protests. the outgoing leader is refusing to step down, but says she will vacate the presidential palace. that's welcomed, natalie, southern not so. she is the former george and investigator to the you and a senior research fellow at chatham house. nice to have you with us. i'd like to start by asking you if outgoing president selma zuba, she really is right in refusing to concede could this in fact cause further instability and division. so thank you for having me. um, well decry system, georgia has been going on for a very long time. it's more than a month. the month is probably the biggest protests that we have seen, but in fact, the crisis started already in spring when the adoption of the, for an agents law by the ruling party. then georgia dream, then the elections, which president sort obviously the, the off position and quite a large segment of the population rejected. i'm considered to be rate the. 5 this allegations have been largely backed

so the moscow friendly georgia dream party claimed the vote was on saturday, the georgia dream control problem and elected this man. miss you have a, she'd be a former football player turned right wing politicians. the opposition fears will steer georgia away from joining the european union outside the parliament building . protesters cast out on have a sri, these qualifications our, our garden, uh great uh to our election. and our president can do that. you said rather, and they've got to hold us for drugs here in pub, josie, i'll be able to present the camera. he doesn't have an invitation to the president, so we're progressing this way. we are showing our diploma. we are more capable of being present and he is no to legitimate told them they cannot say look to president, this is not because they are breaking the law despite how they see these election today, outgoing president. so let me sort of it see the said she won't recognize the vote and called for fresh elections in order to have peace and justice in the country. the new elections and need to do is go down. so that is why we

session towards interest president and the georgian and the opposition to choose the judge and dream party of fraud. after its contest, the victory in recent elementary elections. the protest of also spread the smaller cities, but active as that side. the capital face challenges in mode by mobilizing support, the deputies frigo shipment or ski reports from the georgia in town. i've got a warm jacket and a georgian flag, the protest outfit of tomorrow, and me is actually she called online for an anti government protest in her hometown glory. but she is not sure how many people will answer her call us. yeah. because they write this social media, i will come, i will stand with you and they do nothing physically, you know. and that's hearts me. tomorrow's hometown was occupied by the russian army for 9 days in the russo george and war in 2008. she was just 13 years old, but she says the memories have shaped her attitude to protesting. no. um, these building fond. also these buildings behind. so many people died here. we really need freedom from russia. they control our comments and they make s

his election was fully content by the opposition as the routing georgia dream party type. insightsquared empowered also coming south korea's president is suspended after a vote to impeach him. you so kill, says he'll step aside, but won't give up as a court and i have considered some future impeachment decision the celebrated. and so, less than 2 weeks after you've botched marshal attempt the unpopular phone any as welcome to the program. we start in georgia where a former full border has been named is the country's new president and made a constitutional crisis retail. travelocity is seen as pro russian and is a hard line critic of the west. his election was boy cotton by the opposition to have described the process as illegitimate. this is george's new president. mckayla covet law should be li, a form of football players and right wing politician elected by a problem and largely controlled by the pro russian georgian drain potty. the authorization boy cost with the process describing it as quote, it legitimate meaning georgians protested outside the countries parliament. they believe t

before the inauguration of mikheil kavelashvili, a loyalist of the ruling, pro—russian, georgian dream partypresident. mr kavelashvili has been labelled illegitimate" by current leader salome zurabishvili and the pro—western opposition. a threat to poison english water supplies during the period known as the troubles in northern ireland is among the revelations in the latest release of irish state papers. each year, documents relating to the near 30—year conflict are declassified, as our ireland correspondent sara girvin reports. every year the irish state papers are released, and every year they give us a glimpse of previously secret government files dating back decades. this release details a threat received in 1999 to poison england's water supplies on behalf of what was called the republican revenge group. it threatened to introduce weedkiller into drinking water through fire hydrants unless the british government announced its intention to withdraw from what was described as occupied ireland. the plans may appearfar fetched, but the threat was taken seriously. it was thought most people

i've seen months, a political turmoil over plans for the georgia dream party suspend membership talks with the georgias main opposition group say they don't recognize calculus really as president. and let's bring in renata scott to to cuz codice of carousel lived there. she is the deputy director at the georgia institute of politics and she joins us from to police. the thanks for being here. georgia inaugurated this the new president yesterday. but the former president has not conceded her position. so what grounds does she have to do that is indeed the constitution jarda could be described as a constitutional crisis. is the president so long as that obviously the clear that you will not be leaving the office. uh, on the grounds of uh, the parliamentary elections of georgia and not being considered legitimate uh, reimbursed there. uh you have seen a months of protests on the street uh already with it more than a month. uh, hundreds of thousands of people gathering into the list and other cities to protest the problem into action as well as the current for sticking by the georgia and g

he's 53 years old and fields of politics a few years back with the building, georgia dream party. he's particularly known for his loud, outspoken, and see what's the rest of it. and in his time as a member of the call and see us often, the one supposing the most logical ideas and she was functioning, business soto breaker for the complement of the majority. she was the one for 1st proposed the controversial so called for an agent, smoke going after more governmental organizations receiving funding from abroad a lot of this past or this year despite most of the process. so the critics say that she will further facilitate just turn away from you. the tunnel was turned away from the youth under the car, in georgia pots, and to the, the opposition is boy quoting vote. how is that going to say? i think the problem ever says the parliamentary elections in october, the official results gave the wind and the fall them into majority to the georgia 3 parties. however, dia position has claimed the election was stolen due to the election irregularities, cases of voters, intimidation, voting.

the routing georgia dream party type insightsquared phone powers the problem probably any as welcome to the program less than 2 weeks after his short lived marshal lloyd decree at south korea, as president has been impeached on suspended. you until kill says he'll step aside as the country's constitutional court now considers is future celebrations on the streets of so the south korean lawmakers vote to impeach that president. use the keels $204.00 and peace voted in favor of the impeachment process. with 85 bucking the now suspended president. shock repulse through the national assembly as a speak and made the declaration of the an estimate to 200000 people gathered on the streets outside parliament, demanding the removal of the increasing the unpopular president whose approval ratings are plummeted to just 11 percent. i'm so moved in, i think the people, one legal aid was less than 2 weeks ago. the used to keel announced a marshal law, plunging the couldn't trait into a states of anger and his korea into a political crisis. it was retracted just 6 hours later after law made because

and he only answers politics a few years ago with the georgia dream party. and twos, particularly known for his aunty western rhetoric. he's considered a teacher with using strong language, a radical promoting vertical positions in the government. and he was also one of the initiators of the so called for an agent small, that's a truck, down on a non governmental organizations receiving funding from abroad. so the critics are saying that she will be supporting the government. and basically facilitating what they see is the conscious turn away from that was dw correspondence cache. gosh, she mccallski in tbilisi. well, diplomats from the european union, united states and the arab world are meeting in jordan as the international community attempts to help steer syria's lightning revolution. us secretary of state and from lincoln met with the turkish foreign minister hopkins. we've done during the adults lincoln is on a made a tour of them at least hoping to establish a common front cereal works on setting up a new government after the regime of last year on th

he also in a way denied that the ruling party which he represents, the georgian dream party, put thepeople on to the streets in the capital of tblisi and across other cities and towns across other cities and towns across the country. it is true that the eu put george's integration, accession talks, they froze it. that was in response to the government introducing and passing a controversial legislation back in the spring, the so—called foreign agents law. the eu froze the process in response to that legislation. and the fact is, georgia is still a candidate country to join the eu, this status was granted backin eu, this status was granted back in december 2023. that status came with several conditions, a list of reforms of the georgian government had to undertake, in order to move forward on this process. however, what has been happening here since georgia got the candidate status, there was no progress made on any of those points, which include reform in the justice system, and fighting this information, free and fair elections was also on the list. now, the government is presenting

when and why did the ruling georgia dream party become so controversial is essentially about democracy and the following policy. georgia dream has been in power for 12 years already, but the situation has changed very much after russia's invasion of ukraine, we need to remember to georgia was also with well, with russia in 2008. and the russian soldiers are still occupying some 20 percent of the country. so anything concerning russia is still very controversial in georgia. and the last 2 years we've seen the georgia dream positions coming out increasingly with the western nation. and she has a knowledge that she will not be office until new elections are conducted until a new parliament is there. and she has also the knows that she will not leave the presidential palace on december 29th when her term officially ends. so this is a very test situation here because the government of just the thousands wants to repeat the election and they also say that the president absolutely needs to vacate the, at the part of the presidential policy. so this is a very tight situation, and we are expect

— mikheil kavelashvili — was sworn in, despite weeks of rallies against his governing georgian dream partyree people have died while trying to cross the english channel off the coast of sangette near calais. and the palestinian civil defence says seven people have been killed in an israeli strike of a hospital in the centre of gaza city. hello, i'm lucy gray. we start with south korea, where a plane has crashed on landing at an airport. 179 people have died and two members of the crew in the tail section were rescued and taken to hospital. the boeing 737 belonging tojeju airlines had 181 people on board. they say some passengers fell out of the fuselage during the crash at muan international airport. the government has declared seven days of national mourning. this is the moment the plane skidded down the runway before hitting a wall and bursting into flames. the aircraft was arriving at muan airport from bangkok. the authorities say a birdstrike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. both of the plane's black boxes have now been found. the airline has issued a formal apology and

the pro russian georgian dream party claims victory and a dispute to the next minute october. it's a spend that's talks on joining the european union tree green mass protest. the opposition has said the boy called the process of a pointing mikhail cabin, actually, as the new president at all correspondent, a jigsaw so seminal sky into blue sea told me what we could now expect from the incoming president. yes, monica hale cover, luxury leaders in former football players. he's 53 years old and fields of politics a few years back with the georgia dream policy. he's particularly known for his loud, outspoken onto west and rhetoric. and in his time as a member of the call them and see us often, the one supposing the most logical ideas and she was functioning. this is sort of move break or for the complement of the majority. she was the one for 1st proposed the controversial. so called for an agent, smoke going after more governmental organizations receiving funding from abroad a lot of this past this year despite most of the process. so the critics say that she will further facilit

for the political turmoil stems from recent parliamentary elections saw the ruling at georgia dream party gaining decisive victory, drawing major discontent in the west. the countries western backed opposition and president has staged several protest calling on george's use to take a stand and demand. re election are to correspond that charlotte davinsky is on the ground covering the story closely. she looked into the west attempts to break, the belief, stays resistance to external pressure. the coverage of the pro chess hay in georgia seems to be focusing on one thing for the, the current government is working a way reality is that the case? yes, in the last few days, the ruling policy is set to these. all things were sent to the intent, at least but in reality, walked away from those troops. many months ago. regrettably, george's e u. accession process has stopped for now. this has been decided by you leaders during the last european council since the parliamentary elections in october, the accusations coming in from the west of clear georgia dream. it says, do not legitimately when the

the headquarters of the ruling georgia dream party. the police use water cannon and tear gas in response protestors hurled stones and used fireworks as improvised weapons. fireworks had become a symbol of the protests. the demonstrators also built barricades and lit bonfires . this is this information at its best. we have witnessed the protests. those times . it is the protest. this has stopped the violence. we have seen the police spencer . ours will fly works the directly that the last bottles that's loading up the stones, a little beat in that direction. the color closer to 252 to 3. moving hockey, respecting the will of the people that the will is who some, perhaps a 100000 protest this in the country up to almost 4000000 people. it's such little trick is to be applied in president macro. the phone should have stepped on during the yellow vest protests. you call them and should have this old following months. riley's overcoat restrictions, and all of this comes as the west. this is make a real reason. it wants the georgian governme

mps from the ruling georgian dream party will vote for the country's next president. and they are made up of mps and other local government officials who are loyal to the georgian dream party so this voting will take place in a short while and it is expected that today georgia's parliament will vote and choose the country's next president. now, all of this is taking place amidst massive protests that are happening across the country for more than two weeks. people are protesting the parliament which they are saying is illegitimate because they are saying that 0ctober saying is illegitimate because they are saying that october 26 parliamentary electio

pro—eu protesters continue to gather in the capital tblisi and other cities, and accuse the georgian dream party the country back into russia's sphere of influence, when research suggests most georgians support joining the eu. the incumbent president and the pro—eu opposition say the process is illegitimate. mari kapanadze is a lawyer and activist in georgia — she was at the protests today and joins me from tblisi. now that georgian dream has elected this new president, how do people react to that, and this is kind of a new way of electing a president, because this is not a popular vote, explain for our international audience how that has worked out. the mac hello, thank you for having me. today's event has a couple of problems. first of all we are claiming that the parliament we have right now has no legitimacy because the election has been falsified. therefore any election from this parliament is against the constitution and unlawful. the second thing is that he has been elected as a president and i can say that, for the whole society to elect such a person who is well known, that he is not ed

he is the founder of the ruling party georgian dream.ions, asset freezes and so on. in a statement the us state department said sanctions are being imposed for undermining democratic and eurocratic future of georgia for the benefit of the russian federation. that is why we have seen so many people coming out to the streets to protest as they believe the current government in georgia is tilting away from the european union and moving georgia closer to russia. hans gutbrod — professor of public policy at the ilia state university in tbilisi explained what this all means for the future of the ruling party. the georgian dream is capable of ruling the country for now but not really able to govern the country. the country is deadlocked, more than 1000 businesses have signed a petition against the government. their constant protests. the street are often gridlocked so still remains to be seen how this will go. what about the question hour corresponding just raised about whether the new president mikheil kavelashvili will actually get internatio

kavelashvili —has been sworn in, against a backdrop of protests against his governing georgian dream partyllo. we start with developing news from south korea: a plane has crashed on landing at an airport in the country, and at least 177 people have been killed. the boeing 737 belonging tojeju airlines had 181 people on board, and officials say they expect most are dead. they say some passengers fell out of the fuselage during the crash at muan international airport. two survivors have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hopsital. this is the moment the plane skidded down the runway before hitting a wall and bursting into flames. the aircraft was en route from bangkok heading for muan airport. the authorities say a birdstrike may have caused the landing gear to malfunction. the airline has issued a formal apology. the local fire chief has given an update on the rescue operation at the airport. translation: we are presuming the cause of the accident to be i a bird strike or deteriorating weather conditions and the exact cause will be determined from a further forensic and joint invest

says it's placing sanctions on the founder and honorary chairman of georgia's ruling georgian dream partys. secretary of state antony blinken said billionaire bidzina ivanishvili and georgia dream had, quote, eroded democratic institutions, enabled human rights abuses and curbed the exercise of fundamental freedoms in georgia. georgia is set to inaugurate a new president, mikhail saakashvili, on sunday. current president salome zurabishvili has vowed to remain in office, saying unfair elections mean she holds the only legitimate office left in the government. weeks of protests have been met with violent repression throughout the country. well, let's get some more on this, jill dougherty, adjunct professor at georgetown university and former cnn moscow bureau chief, joins us now from tbilisi. hello. thank you for joining me. this has been a wild few months in georgia. i first started to look into georgia because of the anti-lgbtq laws that were put forward in june. then suddenly it's election time and everything has just gone crazy. i've seen a protest on social media and they must be occu

there have been weeks of demonstrations against his governing georgian dream party, and its victory in former manchester city footballer and also a hardline critic of the west. the four main opposition groups have rejected him over fears he will make georgia closer to russia and they've boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. on saturday, thousands of protesters in georgia formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the government said it would delay talks onjoining the eu until 2028. the outgoing president, salome zourabichvili has left the presidential palace, but insisted she is still the legitimate holder of the office of president. translation: six years ago i swore allegiance to you on the constitution. and this allegiance will not change. wherever i am, in the palace or outside the palace, i will come out of here to you, and i will be with you. legitimacy comes from on

he is the founder of the ruling party, georgian dream.ns, asset freezes and so on. in a statement the us state department said sanctions are being imposed for undermining democratic and euro atlantic future of georgia for the benefit of the russian federation. that is why we have seen so many people coming out to the streets to protest as they believe the current government in georgia is tilting away from the european union and moving georgia closer to russia. thank you. azerbaijani president ilham aliyev says that the passenger plane that crashed in kazakhstan, killing 38 people, had been damaged due to shooting from the ground in russia. that's according to azerbaijan state television. president aliyev said he regretted that "some circles" in russia had tried to hush up the truth about the crash of the azerbaijan airlines plane, by sowing false narratives about the causes of the crash. russian president vladimir putin yesterday apologies for what the kremlin called a �*tragic incident�* after russian air defences were fired against ukra

european politicians were members of the georgian dream were expelled from the party.tation. especially after the invasion of ukraine in ferry 2022, georgian gene became openly anti—european they became a global war party. they have been pushing georgia to open a second front with russia. they have been copying and pasting lesson laws. the law that considers most georgian civil society organisations as being foreign agents. then they adopted a law on family values and against lgbt people. all the narratives, all in russian narratives about europe and the united states have been adopted by georgian dream. they have been cried gradually to buy the russian officials. they were praised by russia for resisting the west. they said how courageous they were. bole the west. they said how courageous they were. we see that pattern — courageous they were. we see that pattern that _ courageous they were. we see that pattern that you - courageous they were. we see that pattern that you are - that pattern that you are explaining there. we are out of time. thank you so much for talkin

unfortunately, this powerful bond has recently come under the wizard attack of the ruling georgia dream party. the georgia dream government has openly renounce the longstanding democratic annual.

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says he will not negotiate with the opposition. despite the protests, the accused is the georgia dream party of election relation in trying to bring the country closer to russia. police obtain more than 200 people, just the rallies began. robert hamilton is the head of the razor program at the foreign policy research institute in philadelphia. i asked of the protest could succeed in forcing the government to change course. he's a pro just follow the government's announcement that it was suspending the recession, thoughts, and refusing even european union, which is something that really angry and energized the georgia people in ways that previous government decisions arose. the, the total problem battery elections in the, for an asian law, the government pushed through the spring. i did not. people were angry at that and tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people came to the streets, but nothing of this magnitude. so in terms of a pass for, i think the opposition and the majority of the george people, i think who polls indicate consistently with 78 percent of georgia people are

before the inauguration of mikheil kavelashvili, a loyalist of the ruling, pro—russian, georgian dream party leader salome zourabichvili and the pro—western opposition. and here's proof that chess takes its dress code seriously — reigning world number one magnus carlsen has quit a major tournament — all over a pair ofjeans. the grandmaster was told that his denim attire was a no—go. the tournament's governing body said he couldn't continue playing unless he swapped them for something more formal. but carlsen made an unexpected move, he pulled out on the spot. he later put this picture of his offending outfit on social media — captioning it "ootd", that's an abbreviation for outfit of the day. the chess federation said has defended its decision to take a tough line on the jeans. in a statement, they said their regulations including the dress code, are designed to ensure professionalism and fairness for all participants. so, is this a case of fashion overfunction, orjust another pawn in the game of chess politics? to answer that, i'm joined by our europe regional editor, paul moss. tell us wha