Will Tbilisi become a ‘color revolution’ capital again?

The Georgian opposition has refused to admit election defeat amid Western calls for the country to return to the “Euro Atlantic path”

Last weekend's parliamentary elections in Georgia have led to a bitter standoff between the winning Georgian Dream and four opposition parties that claim the vote was stolen. The country’s French-born president, Salome Zourabichvili, has refused to recognize the results and called for mass protests.

Large crowds gathered outside Parliament on Monday evening as the opposition demanded new elections and refused to join the new legislature.

Washington accused the Georgian Dream party of various violations and threatened Tbilisi with “further consequences if the Georgian government’s direction does not change” and the nation does not return to its “Euro Atlantic path.”

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The US and 13 EU member states have demanded an inquiry into alleged election irregularities despite the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reporting that it observed no systemic voting violations.

RT takes a look back at the South Caucasian nation’s modern history and the role the West has played in it.