Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili has been inaugurated as president of Georgia in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s EU aspirations and a victory for former imperial ruler Russia.
NOAA's WP-3D Orion pictured at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, AK, during the Ocean Winds Winter research project, February 12, 2021. The WP-3D flew into winter storms over the North Pacific Ocean to gather information on ocean surface wind conditions to help test, calibrate, and validate instruments flown on NOAA weather satellites.
Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, left, embraces Georgian President-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili at his swearing-in ceremony at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, right, embraces Georgian President-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili, left, at his swearing-in ceremony at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024.
Outgoing Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili holds a press conference outside the Orbeliani Palace, the official residence of the President of Georgia, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Outgoing pro-Western Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Sunday morning that she would vacate her residence at the Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi, but insisted she was still the legitimate office holder.“I will come out of here, come out to you and be with you. ... This presidential residence was a symbol as long as there was a president here who was legitimate. I bring legitimacy with me,” Zourabichvili told a crowd of supporters outside the palace.
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