sergei gavrilov was invited to open a parliamentary assembly on orthodox christianity it was followed by a mass protests on the streets of the capital the head of the assembly called the protests a provocation by nationalists and radicals during the session the russian m.p. sat in the speaker's chair of the parliament well that incident sparked outrage from the opposition on georgian people but gavrilov claims he has the right to take his seat there and he was invited by the georgian side to do so. but it's just where you would see as a president of the assembly i have the right to take this seat in any country where the assembly session is held in this case the place was offered by the georgian side the session was invaded by radicals who shouted threats to our lives we tried to continue but more radical activists showed up with cameras and posters with anti russian and insulting slogans we decided to finish the session in the hotel nearby radicals tried to storm the hotel they attacked members of parliament including me when we tried to leave as speaker of the georgian parliament ha

trying to storm the georgian parliament incensed by the presence of russian politician surrogate gavrilov earlier inside i protest has faced off with white police and then pushed into retreat. the cycle repeating much of the night leaving dozens injured in moscow on nuclear power is going on but this is not the local. people who took the issue in the. issues of each week and so now these protesters along with some opposition politicians want snap elections tensions were already running high on thursday a surrogate gavrilov who was visiting as part of an assembly of petitions from orthodox christian countries address the parliament in russian something that many in this form was soviet republic fall that acceptable not tolerate russian expansion to georgia and will not tolerate rationalization of the georgia which happening unfortunately under this dormant for the last 7. 20 percent of georgia state's 3 has been under an illegal russian military occupation off to war in 2008. more school recognise south of satyr. as independent states and set up with its military bases there the 2 countrie

protests erupted after russian amp a 2nd gavrilov sat in the chair of the georgian parliament speaker this happened during the opening session of a multilateral parliamentary assembly meant to promote orthodox christianity the georgian opposition prevented people from taking to the podium afterwards we talked to gavrilov who told us radicals are attempting to disrupt the already complicated russia georgia relations president my only see as a president of the assembly i have the right to take this seat in any country where the assembly session is held in this case the place was offered by the georgian side the session was invaded by radicals who shouted threats to our lives we tried to continue but more radical activists showed up with cameras and posters with anti russian and insulting slogans we decided to finish the session in the hotel nearby radicals tried to storm the hotel they attacked members of parliament including me when we tried to leave i believe all of this is the races styria in the wake of protests to take power. earlier the georgian president blamed the russian offici

opposition politicians want snap elections tensions were already running high on thursday a surrogate gavrilov who was visiting as part of an assembly of petitions from orthodox christian countries address the parliament in russian something that many in this form was soviet republic that acceptable not tolerate russian expansion to georgia and will not tolerate rationalization of the georgia which happening unfortunately under this dormant for a loss of a. 20 percent of georgia's territory has been under an illegal russian military occupation off to war in 2008 moscow recognized south of satyr. as independent states and set up open its military bases there the 2 countries haven't had any diplomatic ties since and most influence in a country which wants to join the european union i need to. it's often a flashpoint in georgia's domestic politics russia there are doubt if any players in. the middle east all destroyed territories members of the russian duma and it's another question whether the actual parliament because there is no opposition there with these individuals in our view must not have

tensions flared after this man, the russian politician sergei gavrilov occupied the speaker said as hess to mps from orthodox christian countries. i am here to protest russian involvement and the politics of my country. i am here because i have been alive for 25 years and have not lived in a fully independent country yet. i think this is the peaceful expression of the protesters to show that we will not tolerate russian expansion into georgia and rationalisation of georgia. it lost a brief war with russia in 2008. memories of russian tanks moving in and ousting georgian troops still fresh in the mind 11 years on. as protesters clash outside, politicians clashed inside. the prime minister acknowledging the right to protest by condemning the violence, blaming aggressive groups for the clashes. in tblisi tonight, as protesters fight with police, the presence of a russian politician in parliament is another symbol of what demonstrators see as the unacceptable presence of russians on georgian soil. meanwhile angela merkel has said that western sanctions against russia will not be lifted unl

tensions flared after this man, the russian politician, sergei gavrilov, occupied the speaker's seat,an address to mps from orthodox christian countries. i am here to protest russian involvement and the politics of my country. i am here because i have been alive for 25 years and have not lived in a fully independent country yet. i think this is the peaceful expression of the protesters to show to the government that we will not tolerate russian expansion into georgia and we will not tolerate russianisation of georgia. georgia, a former soviet nation, fought and lost a brief war with russia in 2008. memories of russian tanks rolling in and ousting georgian troops from the regions of abkhazia and south ossetia still fresh in the mind 11 years on. as protesters clashed outside, politicians clashed inside. the prime minister mamuka bakhtadze acknowledging the right to protest but condemning the violence, blaming aggressive groups for the clashes. in tblisi tonight, as tear gas taints the air and protesters fight with police, the presence of a russian politician in parliament is another sy

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crowds have tried to sturm the building after sergei gavrilov occupied the speakers at an address thein russia. protesters have been injured in the violence. chaos in tblisi as police and protesters clash outside parliament. gas fired by police. tensions flared after this man, the russian politician sergei gavrilov occupied the speaker said as he gave an address to mps from orthodox russian countries. i am here to protest russian involvement and the politics of my country stop i am here because i have been alive for 25 years and have not lived in a fully independent country yet. have not lived in a fully independent country yetlj have not lived in a fully independent country yet. i think this is the peaceful expression of the protesters to show that we will not tolerate russian expansion into georgia and rationalisation of georgia. it lost a brief war with russia in 2008. memories of russian ta nks russia in 2008. memories of russian tanks moving in and ousting georgian troops still fresh in the mind 11 yea rs troops still fresh in the mind 11 years on. as protesters clash outside, po

tear gas tried to storm parliament the unrest began after visiting russian politicians surrogate gavrilov was allowed to address lawmakers there. so do you eat led coalition fighting in yemen says it's targeted to hold the rebel sites in the port city of. the attack was in response to one who threw a drone strike on the saudi city of sun. is yemen's main entry point for aid delivery. the world food program says it's partially suspended its aid program in yemen it comes off towards failed to reach agreements with the rebels on how to deliver food to the most vulnerable the u.n. agency has complained that some of its food assistance has been diverted protesters in sudan have returned to the streets demanding an immediate transfer of power to a civilian governments they've rejected calls for talks by the military. demonstrators in hong kong are on the streets right now after their demands over a suspended extradition bill were ignored and students spent the night camped outside the legislative council renewing calls for the proposal to be scrapped entirely those are the headlines it's back t

testers who tried to storm parliament the unrest began after visiting russian politician surrogate gavrilov was allowed to address lawmakers their. coalition fighting in yemen says it's targeted the rebel sides in the port city of her day the attack was in response to a halt the drone strike on the saudi city of. her day the yemen's main entry point for a delivery. protesters in sudan have returned to the streets demanding an immediate transfer of power to a civilian government they've rejected calls for talks by the military they're calling for justice after security forces killed dozens of activists in an attack on june the 3rd demonstrators in hong kong covered turned to the streets after their demands over a suspended extradition bill were ignored students spent the night kept outside the legislative council they're still there they were doing calls for the proposal to be scrapped entirely for the leader to resign inside stories up next. the gruesome details of how the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was butchered by same complot triodes have now been revealed in a u.n. investigative r

visiting russian politician there have been demonstrations outside parliament after russia's surrogate gavrilov gave a speech there on thursday and the russian parliamentary speaker has resigned but demonstrators also want the interior minister to go and are now holding for an early election tensions remain high between georgia and russia 11 years after they fought a war over the breakaway region of south of such a problem for syria walker has more from tbilisi. the tensions are running high in particular because of those injuries that were sustained yesterday so the protesters have 2 reasons to be out on the streets of tbilisi the capital to noise and one of course is the way in which. your thirty's allowed these russian m.p.'s to come to georgia when they were no diplomatic relations between these countries and for them to come into the parliament and talk about the kind of language that they used as well. something that i wanted to have to a chance to touch on is how georgians particularly european leading liberal minded georgians see the way in which russia uses the doxy conservative values

trying to storm the georgian parliament incensed by the presence of russian politician surrogate gavrilov earlier inside. protesters faced off with white police and then pushed into retreat. the cycle repeating much of the night leaving dozens injured not only not to allow these guys but they have not only a lot to get to but to see in the. east each week and so now these protesters along with some opposition politicians want snap elections tensions were already running high on thursday as sergey gavrilov who was visiting as part of an assembly of politicians from orthodox christian countries addressed the parliament in russian something that many in this forum was soviet republic that acceptable not tolerate russian expansion to georgia and will not tolerate rationalization of the georgia which happening unfortunately under this dormant for the last 7. 20 percent of georgia state's 3 has been under an illegal russian military occupation after a war in 2008 moscow recognize. south of satyr and as independent states and set up in its military bases there the 2 countries haven't had any dip

christianity and georgian opposition prevented people from taking to the podium afterwards we talked to gavrilov who told us radicals are attempting to disrupt already complicated russian georgia relations. well you only see it as a president of the assembly i have the right to take this seat in any country where the assembly session is held in this case the place was offered by the georgian side the session was invaded by radicals who shouted threats to our lives we tried to continue but more radical activists showed up with cameras and posters with anti russian and insulting slogans we decided to finish the session in the hotel nearby radicals tried to storm the hotel they attacked members of parliament including me when we tried to leave i believe all of this is the races styria in the wake of protests to take power. earlier the georgian president blamed the brush an official for what happened so in the protests benefit nobody but the kremlin she could short a visit to bill rooster return home to to the anti-government demonstrations. and the crown the responded to the is ations phobic provoc

at russia over this incident saying the protesting benefit nobody but the kremlin but here is a gavrilov again who believes this accusation is simply wrong. or it is clear that are in for parliamentary assembly is the biggest international parliamentary for him it was used to stir up and russian hysteria and discredit georgia as an orthodox country sabotaging the relationship is the primary goal of the extremists who concocted this revolution attempt using this forum as an excuse . your chance he still had. his band the chairman of the spanish nationalist party claiming it breaches copyright laws will have a. party's response just after the break. you know world of big partisan groovy lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling cla

sergei gavrilov opened a session of into parliamentary assembly of orthodoxy held in georgia it dressed m.p.'s while sitting in the chair of the parliamentary speaker that sparked outrage from the georgian opposition and locals tensions them fled between russia. story tensions flare between russia and georgia following the conflict in south assess here in 2008 protesters are now demanding the interior minister resigns he said he's ready to do so if needed but demanded the protests stops at the same time we asked we spoke to a former acting president of georgia nina version artsy she believes the government into police she has been fermenting and the russian sentiment. the rushing toward your relations are really very difficult and sensitive for your guests aside and most of the population now receive the same message the russian m.p. in that year of door again speaker is this something which is just creating a problem what stability of the kind of 3 or something which is there just touching independence and sovereignty of that kind and it was easy to predict from the side of the governm

after people demonstrated for a 2nd day outside parliament in the capital tbilisi after russia said gavrilov gave a speech there on thursday in russian the parliamentary speaker has already resigned but demonstrators also want interior minister to go off to hundreds who were injured in protests and police crackdown they also want an early election tensions remain high between georgia and russia 11 years after they fought a war of the breakaway region of south ossetia robin forrester walka has more now from tbilisi on the protests the tensions are running high in particular because of those injuries that were sustained yesterday so the protesters have 2 reasons to be out on the streets of tbilisi the capital to noise and one of course is the way in which the. thirties allowed these russian m.p.'s to come to georgia when they were no diplomatic relations between these countries and for them to come into the parliament and talk about the kind of language that they use as well. it's something that i wanted to have to a chance to touch on is how. secure the european leading liberal.

parliament anger fled in the capital after a visit and speech by a russian member of parliament said gay gavrilov is in the country as part of an assembly of all the docs christian legislators demonstrators took to the streets after he addressed fellow delegates from the georgian parliamentary speaker is seen going to be see haven't had any diplomatic ties since the war in 2008 which saw georgia lose control of 2 breakaway regions robin forestay a walk joins us now from tbilisi what's happening there are protests to step out on the streets. i think you are if the picture quality is good enough you can probably see the people who. behind me. in the distance about 200 meters away and beyond the parliament where all the evening crowds have been gathered i'm also still hearing know what may be tear gas canisters being fired all indeed plastic bullets as a number of people have reported to me and i've certainly seen. injuries as well consistent with people either having been hit by a bus the bullets all by gas rounds at the moment what's happened it's that the police have come out as i understand it f

at protests try to storm parliament the rest began after a visiting russian politician surrogate gavrilov was allowed to address lawmakers there let's bring in robin forester walker he's joining us from tbilisi via skype robin just tell us what you're seeing and what's happening behind you you probably can't make it out from the. street from the very large. clouds of tea i guess. i'm keeping my eye on what's happening down there because we're seeing police clashing with protesters and protest is steadily moving on back up the street in this direction to where i'm standing and just behind me here we have a number of ambulances where people have been coming for treatment for injuries. but a few injuries in fact this evening i can't say how many but i said and seen several people with injuries consistent with having been a that beaten with buttons having been hit by projects like to guess canisters. project else that the police have been firing at protests. and it's been a it's been for the last 56 hours an indication really of just how. angry. the actions of this into parliamentary assembly

visiting russian politician there have been demonstrations outside parliament after russia's surrogate gavrilov gave a speech there on thursday in russian parliamentary speaker has resigned but demonstrators also want the interior minister to go and are now calling for an early election tensions remain high between georgia and russia 11 years after they fought a war over the breakaway region of south. or been forced to walk or has more from tbilisi. the tensions are running high in particular because of those injuries that were sustained yesterday so the protesters have 2 reasons to be out on the streets of tbilisi the capital to noise and one of course is the way in which. your thirty's allowed these russian m.p.'s to come to georgia when they were no diplomatic relations between these countries and for them to come into the parliament and talk and about the kind of language that they use as well. it's something that i wanted to have to a chance to touch on is how georgians particularly european leading liberal minded georgian see the way in which russia uses all the doxy conservative values a

protesters are demanding a change in leadership clashes erupted when russian politicians said they gavrilov gave a speech in russian to a group of m.p.'s and move angered georgians who oppose moscow's presence in the country well robin farseer walker has been following this story for us and joins us from tbilisi now robin as you were saying clashes last night left hundreds of people injured and tensions appear to be running high today as well between police and protesters. yes indeed and i think the tensions are running high in particular because of those injuries that were sustained yesterday so the protesters have 2 reasons to be out on the streets of tbilisi the capital to noise and one of course is the way in which the police that your thirty's allowed these russian m.p.'s to come to georgia when they were no diplomatic relations between these countries and for them to come into the parliament and talk and about the kind of language that they use as well. it's something that i wanted to have to a chance to touch on is how. the european leading liberal minded georgians see the way in whi

at protesters who tried to storm parliament the armrest began after a russian politician sergey gavrilov was allowed to address lawmakers there now the saudi u.a.e. led coalition fighting in yemen says it's targeted who thieu rebel sites in the port city of data the attack was in response to a drone strike on the saudi city of. data is yemen's main entry port for a delivery and judges in britain have ruled that government leaders broke the law by allowing weapons sales to saudi arabia meanwhile the u.s. senate has voted to block the sales of weapons to the kingdom and its allies over concerns that the weapons are contributing to the deaths of yemeni civilians well those are the headlines the news continues here on after al-jazeera well. i know nothing no never i don't do i don't want homicide that's a part of my proposal carried out is the fact of the matter one of them clinical now was the canonical post to benefit time but out of my stomach. introduced himself today. with a man who will bottle. what i think i'm not going off a good time except when to give him my help as. i don't want

the capital tbilisi on thursday demonstrators tried to storm parliament after a russian politician gavrilov gave a speech in his native language in response putin announced a halt in flights in georgia starting next month and relations between both countries have been strained since the 2008 war over south a setting. for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera ethiopia's army chief has died after being shot the prime minister says journalists are in the con and died as the country was trying to stop a coup attempt and i'm horace state media reporting that the head of the state is advisor were also killed. the army in the democratic republic of congo has begun an offensive against an armed group in the eastern part of the country the fighting in recent weeks has killed at least 100 people and displaced thousands. sudan's leading protest group says it's accepted a plan for a transitional government the plan proposes the creation of a governing body made up of civilian and military members the transitional military council has yet to respond. the u.s. president says that he only stop