Protesters have attempted to storm Georgia’s parliament during a mass rally against a speech inside the chamber by a Russian Member of Parliament.
The lawmaker also addressed delegates in Russian, rather than the local language.
Riot police stopped them from entering the building, reportedly using tear gas and rubber bullets.
Tensions flared up when the Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov addressed an assembly of MPs from Orthodox Christian countries from the seat of the speaker.
The protests left 39 police officers and 30 protesters in hospital with injuries, according to an advisor to Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze.
Via CNN
