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Pro-western on Thursday repeated its earlier assertions parliamentary vote had been “stolen” by ruling Georgian Dream party and it refused to recognise the results, plunging the Caucasus country into uncertainty. Pro-Euro president, Salome Zourabichvili, who is loggerheads with the governing party, has declared election results “illegitimate”, alleging there's a “Russian special operation” to undermine vote, Kremlin has denied. Opposition has called for further protests this week. Monday tens of thousands of people thronged streets in Tbilisi to protest against the alleged fraud.

The central election commission told Agence France-Presse on Thursday, a recount at about 12% of polling stations, involving 14% of vote, “didn’t lead to a significant change to previously announced official results”. “Final tallies only slightly changed at some 9% of recounted polling stations,” a spokesperson said.

But the Georgian opposition says the ruling party has engaged in widespread election tampering, citing stark discrepancies between the initial results and an exit poll.