MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin mentioned on Monday that outdoors events have been making an attempt to destabilise Georgia, after america and the European Union referred to as for an investigation into alleged violations in a parliamentary election there.
The ruling Georgian Dream occasion gained the election with almost 54% of the vote, in line with official outcomes that the opposition disputed.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied any Russian interference within the vote.
Western governments are involved about what they see as a tilt by Georgia away from Europe and in the direction of Moscow, greater than three many years after the Caucasus nation gained independence when the Soviet Union collapsed.
President Salome Zourabichvili, an opponent of Georgian Dream, on Sunday referred to the outcome as a “Russian particular operation”. She didn’t make clear what she meant by the time period.
Peskov mentioned Russia strongly rejected such allegations.
He mentioned there had been makes an attempt by European actors to intervene within the election, however not by Moscow.
“We strongly reject such accusations – as you understand, they’ve turn into commonplace for a lot of international locations. On the slightest factor, they instantly accuse Russia of interference. No, that’s not true. There was no interference and the accusations are completely unfounded,” Peskov mentioned.
