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Georgia votes in key test for democracy, EU ambitions

Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili votes in the country's parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tbilisi on October 26, 2024. [AFP]

Georgians voted on Saturday in elections that will determine the fledgling democracy's European aspirations, amid growing concerns over the ruling party's pro-Russian drift.

The parliamentary election pits an unprecedented union of pro-Western opposition forces against the ruling Georgian Dream accused of stifling democracy and turning towards Russia.

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