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Georgia’s Election: A referendum on a country’s place in the world
History Dr Matthew Dal Santo History Dr Matthew Dal Santo

Georgia’s Election: A referendum on a country’s place in the world

Last weekend, the small, former Soviet Republic of Georgia—a country of 3.7m people whose territory lies within the tectonic folds between the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains—held parliamentary elections. The result was victory for the ruling “Georgian Dream” party founded by the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili in 2012,

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