Author: Gabriel Gavin, Dato Parulava

TBILISI, Georgia — The governing Georgian Dream party looks set to retain control of Georgia in Saturday’s nationwide vote amid growing allegations of widespread political violence and intimidation. Provisional results from the Central Election Committee show the Georgian Dream party took 53 percent of the vote, while the united opposition coalition that passed the 5 percent threshold attracted 38 percent. Tina Bokuchava, head of the opposition United National Movement party, said her opposition coalition would not accept the results of the “stolen election.” “Oligarch Ivanishvili has stolen victory from the Georgian people and robbed them of their European future,” said…