Uncertainty grips Georgia as opposition street protests end in anticlimax

Final tallies only slightly changed at some nine percent of recounted polling stations,

a spokeswoman said

It remains on hold as long as Georgia continues to move away from the European Union, our values and our precedents,

said Herczynski, recalling Georgia’s backsliding in fighting disinformation and polarization and in protecting human rights

Due to the course of action taken by the Georgian government, EU leaders have stopped Georgia’s access process,

the EU’s Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski said Wednesday as the EU published its final enlargement report

Irakli Kobakhidzeprime Minister

Whether it's Salome Zourabichvili or anyone else, if they have any evidence, they should submit it to the Prosecutor's Office and the relevant authorities instead of making baseless oral statements about events that never happened. This is their responsibility,

Kobakhidze said

However, I am certain that, since she has no facts, she won't dare to go to the Prosecutor's Office or provide them with any information regarding the accusations she is making verbally."

He added

Georgian citizens have a right to peacefully express their views regarding the conduct of these elections, which independent international and domestic observers have not said were free and fair,

Mr. Biden said

You will see, Russia is on the way. They want to do the same, and they will do it, of course, if the West does not stop the dialogues about crossing the red lines. If they don't stop this, [and] just continue [with their] rhetoric, they will lose Moldova in one-two years."

Quote from Volodymyr Zelenskyy

We are bigger. That is the difference between us and Georgia. We are much bigger. We have more population, more men who did not want to be Russians,

the president concluded

The main thing is that we don't have a war,

69-year-old Otar Shaverdashvili, another Isani resident, said before the vote

We want to go to the European Union with our customs, our traditions, our mentality,

the 56-year-old said, passing freshly-baked bread to customers from his shop window

We've had peace these 12 years in Georgia,

said Sergo, a resident of the capital Tbilisi who has voted for Georgian Dream in every election since the party rose to power in 2012.

We're here to say out loud that Georgia is a very European country and our future is in the EU, in the West,

she said

If someone asks you to choose between war and the European Union and you have this kind of choice, then of course people will choose the status quo,

he said

We want to live in European civilization. We will fight until a free, united, independent Georgia wins

the organisers said

I have been deeply alarmed by the country’s recent democratic backsliding,

Biden said, echoing concerns by the European Union, which has frozen Georgia's bid for membership and described latest developments as "deeply worrying".

Irakli Kobakhidzeprime Minister

European politics has a manual. If liberals win, they say it’s democratic, but if conservatives win, there's no democracy,

he told reporters after talks with Kobakhidze

It is impossible to vote multiple times with a single ID, undergo double verification, or have a single voter registered across multiple precincts,

the commission added,

That is why we are saying that the investigation should be conducted by an international mission with the adequate mandate and qualifications. Until this is done, this election cannot and will not have legitimacy or trust,

she added

Salome Samadashviliopposition lawmaker

If somebody thinks that they can fool the Georgian people or our international partners into believing that Bidzina will investigate his own election fraud, they are mistaken. Nobody can be fooled,

Samadashvili said

I’ve never encountered a situation where an investigative authority asks a president for election-related evidence,

Ms Zourabichvili said on Wednesday evening