Mikheil Kavelashvili, an ally of Georgia’s authoritarian ruling party, has been sworn in as president of the Caucasus country, sparking more protests in the capital Tbilisi.
Kavelashvili’s inauguration marks the final step in what critics have described as a state capture by pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose Georgian Dream party has brought all the country’s institutions under its control since coming to power in 2012. The sole candidate for the role was elected this month by a college of 300 members, mostly GD members or sympathisers.
Protesters took to the streets with red cards — a symbol of their opposition to the former footballer, a striker for Manchester City and several Swiss clubs, turned ultranationalist firebrand.
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