В Грузии под парламентом собралось десятки тысяч людей. Полиция разгоняет толпу с помощью газа и водометов.

This is reported by «Эхо Кавказа» and News Georgia.

The dispersal of the demonstration began after protesters allegedly threw various objects at law enforcement, resulting in injuries to one police officer. The Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the rally "exceeded the limits of peaceful assemblies."

Protesters were pushed away from the side entrance of the parliament building, where they intended to dismantle the barricade. During the dispersal, opposition television journalist Mariam Gaprindashvili was injured and taken to the hospital unconscious.

Additionally, correspondent from Paper Kartuli, Fyodor Khudokormov, was beaten. According to him, special forces officers injured his eyes.

In footage he recorded, special forces began pushing protesters back on Chichinadze Street near the parliament. At that moment, a masked man ran up to him and shoved him.

President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili described the scale of the current protests as "unprecedented" and urged the police "not to raise hands" against the demonstrators.

“Neither on [Rustaveli Avenue], nor in other cities is there anything happening that requires your involvement and dispersals, so the responsibility for all this rests solely with you and your superiors. Let your superiors think about this,” she addressed the law enforcement officials.

What is happening in Georgia?

The Georgian opposition does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections, in which the "Georgian Dream" party won. International observers noted that the voting was marred by unequal conditions, pressure, and tension. Georgian law enforcement opened 47 criminal cases regarding possible crimes related to the parliamentary elections. In particular, charges were brought against two suspects who threw a whole stack of ballots into a ballot box at one of the polling stations.

The European Parliament did not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections in Georgia and demanded new ones. However, the Tbilisi court rejected all claims from opposition political forces and public organizations seeking to declare the final protocols of the district commissions invalid.

Opposition parties in Georgia announced an indefinite street protest demanding new parliamentary elections.

Meanwhile, the "Georgian Dream" unilaterally approved a new parliament, set the date for the presidential election, nominated their candidate, and declared a refusal to negotiate EU membership until 2028.

This latest decision sparked a new wave of protests that led to clashes. In the early hours of December 29, Georgian special forces violently dispersed a protest outside the parliament, injuring and detaining dozens of people, including journalists and politicians.