Georgia’s ruling party to appoint far-right Russia loyalist as president

Constitutional crisis deepens as opposition denounces move by Georgian Dream party as ‘illegitimate’

Georgia’s pro-Russia ruling party is due to appoint a far-right loyalist as president on Saturday in a controversial election process, amid a deepening constitutional crisis and weeks of mass pro-EU protests.

The Black Sea nation has been in turmoil since the governing Georgian Dream party claimed victory in contested parliamentary elections in October.