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Far-right former Manchester City footballer set to become next president of Georgia

Sydney Morning Herald Sunday, 15 December 2024 ()
Georgia’s pro-Kremlin ruling party has picked the former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili who is known as an anti-Western political hardliner.
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