Georgia's parliament speaker resigns after violent unrest
Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze resigned on Friday, a day after violent protests outside the parliament building rocked Tbilisi, Reuters reported, citing the ruling Georgian Dream party’s secretary general Kakha Kaladze.
Hundreds of people, both protesters and police officers, were injured in the clashes, some of them seriously, as demonstrators pushed against lines of riot police, threw bottles and stones, and grabbed riot shields, drawing a tough response.
They had been protesting over a visit to the parliament by a Russian lawmaker.
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