44 people were hospitalised during a third night of protests in Georgia’s capital against the government’s decision to postpone discussions to join the European Union, officials said Sunday.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered outside parliament Saturday night, throwing stones and setting off fireworks as police used water cannons and tear gas.
An effigy of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party and a billionaire who gained his fortune in Russia, was burned in front of the assembly.
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Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze warned that “any violation of the law will be met with the full rigor of the law.”
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He insisted it wasn’t true that Georgia’s European…