Anti-Russia protesters met with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon in Georgia

Thousands of protesters have tried to storm the parliament building in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The unrest was sparked by the appearance of Russian legislator Sergei Gavrilov as part of an assembly of legislators from Orthodox Christian countries. Gavrilov’s support for independence for the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia and his support of Russian president Vladimir Putin has stoked animosity in Georgia. Riot police used rubber bullets and teargas to prevent the crowd from storming the parlia