A former Manchester City footballer has been appointed President by Georgia’s disputed parliament, after seventeen days of pro-EU protests that have swept the country’s towns and cities.

Mikheil Kavelashvili, now fifty-three, is a former MP from the increasingly authoritarian ruling Georgian Dream Party, and was the only candidate for the job.

Four main opposition groups have however rejected Kavelashvili and have boycotted parliament, insisting that the elections held in October were rigged.

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