Скачать или смотреть Salome Zourabichvili accuses Russia of 'terror' as Georgian government cracks down on dissent

Protests against the Georgian government have now surpassed 200 continuous days following a disputed parliamentary election late last year.

But as the government cracks down on dissent, those protests have become smaller as fear of reprisals takes hold.

In a rare interview with foreign media, the fifth president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili has told SBS World News that Russia is behind terror in the South Caucasus nation as it attempts to assert control over the former Soviet Republic.

Neither Bidzina Ivanishvili, nor Georgian Dream’s prime minister, nor its president, would speak to SBS World News. A Georgian Dream member of parliament rejected President Salome Zourabichvili’s accusations.

Prue Lewarne sent this report from Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi.

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