Georgia PM threatens crackdown after opposition protests poll results

GEORGIA’s Prime Minister Trakli Kobakhidze on Sunday accused the opposition of trying to topple his government and vowed a further crackdown on dissent, hours after the ruling party claimed a landslide win in local elections snubbed by its main rivals.

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Tens of thousands marched in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on polling day against the government’s repressive policies, and what they see as Georgia’s steady drift into Moscow’s orbit. Kobakhidze’s Georgian Dream party late on Saturday claimed victory in every municipality across the South Caucasus country in loc