During an interview with AFP, Georgia's pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili says that it is "difficult to deal" with a "threatening" Russia, following this weekends contested legislative elections which saw the victory of the ruling party, accused by the opposition of stealing the vote with Russian help.
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00:00As long as Russia does not follow the international norms and international standards,
00:08it is difficult to deal with it.
00:10It is threatening, so we have to take that into account,
00:14and I believe that the population here is perfectly aware of that.
00:17And that is why the demonstrations here are always peaceful,
00:21and they will be this evening, I can guarantee you that,
00:25because people know very well that we should not threaten the stability of the country.
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