Outgoing Georgian president gives defiant speech as she leaves presidential palace

Salome Zourabichvili, who previously refused to step down, said she would leave the palace but would remain the country’s legitimate officeholder in the wake of a controversial general election. Georgian Dream candidate Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as the new head of state after an election many Georgians believe to have been rigged by Moscow

Defiant and unwavering: Georgia’s president Salome Zourabichvili is focus for hope

Georgia’s pro-west president says she remains the ‘only legitimate president’ as new leader sworn in