Nationwide protests in Georgia are a battle for the direction of the country — toward Europe or Russia

A person wearing dark clothing and bright yellow gloves stands with their back to the camera holding a firework and facing off against a line of law enforcement with shields in the distance.

As tens of thousands of Georgians protest the government’s move to suspend talks to join the European Union, observers say the foreign policy reversal is a shocking change of course for the country once seen as a pro-Western bastion in the region that has been increasingly aligned with Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

CBC | World News

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