that is tinatinjaparidze, who i spoke to earlier.ial incumbent zoran milanovic has won the first round of its presidential election. a poll released by hr—tv said mr milanovic had won an estimated 51.48%, with his nearest rival trailing on 19.29. if this is accurate, it would mean he avoids a second round runoff. the politician, who has been compared to donald trump due to his populist style, is a critic of both the eu and nato. the azerbaijani president ilham aliyev has told state television that the passenger plane that crashed in kazakhstan, killing 38 people, was shot at from the ground in russian territory. but he added it was not intentional. the aircraft's black box flight recorder has now been sent to brazil for investigations. the russian leader, vladimir putin, has spoken to mr aliyev and apologised for what he called a "tragic incident" in russian airspace — but didn't go as far as admitting responsibility. president aliyev referred to mr putin's the apology but accused russia of covering up what happened. for more analysi

let's speak to tinatinjaparidze, who is a geopolitical risk analyst at eurasia group. hello there andthe end of the matter, do you think? good evenina. the matter, do you think? good evening- i _ the matter, do you think? good evening. i wish _ the matter, do you think? good evening. iwish i _ the matter, do you think? good evening. i wish i could - the matter, do you think? good evening. i wish i could agree i evening. i wish i could agree with something, that this is it, this is the reality on the cards that the georgian people have been dealt and now that we are awakening in this new reality, we have to accept it. if nothing else, we observed earlier was a split screen reality in motion. on one side, we have the georgian dream's de facto parliament that conducted a closed—door ceremony to inaugurate its candidate, mikael kavelashvili, which is a vivid, real—life example of the party puzzling current isolation, and then on the other hand, we see hundreds of georgians steadfastly taking to the streets, proclaiming their unwavering support for president zourabichvili as their sole leg

a short time ago, i spoke to tinatinjaparidze, who is a geopolitical risk analyst at eurasia group.next for georgia. i wish i could agree with... that this is it, this is the reality and the cards that the georgian people have been dealt and now that we are awakening in this new reality, we have to accept it. if nothing else, what we observed earlier was a split screen reality in motion. on one side we have the georgian dream's de facto parliament that conducted a closed—door ceremony to... its candidate, mikhail kavelashvili, which is a real life... of its... and on the other hand we see thousands of children steadfastly taking to the streets proclaiming their unwavering support for president salome zourabichvili as their sole representative both at home and abroad. i'm afraid that this reality will continue over the coming weeks, which makes all this very difficult and a very painful pill to swallow, but ultimately georgia's isolation from the west is no longer a looming threat, but a reality orchestrated by mikheil kavelashvili and his cabinet. in this situation many pro—western