MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin stated on Monday that outdoors events have been attempting to destabilise Georgia, after the USA and the European Union known as for an investigation into alleged violations in a parliamentary election there.
The ruling Georgian Dream social gathering gained the election with almost 54% of the vote, based on official outcomes that the opposition disputed.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied any Russian interference within the vote.
Western governments are involved about what they see as a tilt by Georgia away from Europe and in direction of Moscow, greater than three a long time after the Caucasus nation gained independence when the Soviet Union collapsed.
President Salome Zourabichvili, an opponent of Georgian Dream, on Sunday referred to the end result as a “Russian special operation”. She didn’t make clear what she meant by the time period.
Peskov stated Russia strongly rejected such allegations.
He stated there had been makes an attempt by European actors to intervene within the election, however not by Moscow.
“We strongly reject such accusations – as you know, they have become standard for many countries. At the slightest thing, they immediately accuse Russia of interference. No, that is not true. There was no interference and the accusations are absolutely unfounded,” Peskov stated.
