REUTERS/Igor OnuchinA general view shows the Black Sea port of Sukhumi (Sukhum), the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia September 8, 2024. REUTERS/Igor OnuchinGeorgia's election commission on Saturday confirmed the ruling party's parliamentary victory after a meeting disrupted by an opposition politician throwing paint at the commission chairman. Kalandarishvili came back to the meeting with a plaster on his left eye, having signed a protocol that confirms the ruling, pro-Russian Georgian Dream party as the winner of the Oct. 26 election. Two US polling firms have said the official election results suggest manipulation because they diverged so sharply in favour of Georgian Dream from exit polls the companies conducted for pro-opposition television channels. Opponents of Georgian Dream say it wants to steer the Caucasus nation away from Europe and back into Russia's orbit.
