Georgia’s ruling party claims landslide win in local vote

Tbilisi: Georgia’s ruling party claimed victory in every municipality across the South

Caucasus country in a local election that was boycotted by the two main opposition blocs as a sham.

Tens of thousands poured into the capital, Tbilisi, hours earlier on Saturday to march against the government’s monthslong crackdown on dissent, and what they see as Georgia’s steady drift into Moscow’s orbit.agencies