Tens of thousands of Georgians flooded on to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against the results of the weekend parliamentary election that their president, Salome Zourabichvili, has claimed fell victim to a “Russian special operation” aimed at frustrating the widespread popular consensus that Georgia should pursue its aspiration to join the European Union. Amid widespread reports of electoral irregularities and voter intimidation, the ruling party, Georgian Dream (GD), seen by opponents as ready to do Moscow’s bidding to stay in power, was officially declared the clear winner of the electio…