Protesters returned to the steps of Georgia's parliament in Tbilisi on Monday for a fifth night of demonstrations after its pro-Moscow government decided to suspend negotiations for the small former Soviet republic to join the European Union.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said it wasn't true that Georgia’s European integration had been halted. "The only thing we have rejected is the shameful and offensive blackmail, which was, in fact a significant obstacle to our country’s European integration”, he said.
Over 200 people have been detained after four nights of protests in the capital where tens of thousands of people have rallied outside parliament—a sizable turnout for a country of 3.7 million people.
