Georgia’s pro-Russia ruling party is due to appoint a far-right loyalist as president on Saturday in a controversial election process, amid a deepening constitutional crisis and weeks of mass pro-EU protests. The Black Sea nation has been in turmoil since the governing Georgian Dream party claimed victory in contested parliamentary elections in October. Its decision last month to delay EU membership talks ignited a fresh wave of mass rallies. The opposition has denounced Saturday’s election as “illegitimate” and said the sitting president, Salome Zourabichvili, remains the country’s sole legitimate leader. Pro-western Zourabishvili – who is at loggerheads with Georgian Dream
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