Police in Georgia used water cannons and pepper spray on Saturday to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace, as the South Caucasus country held a municipal election boycotted by the main opposition blocs amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent. Tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital, Tbilisi, to protest repressive policies by the conservative governing party, Georgian Dream, which they see as trying to pull the country away from its democratic aspirations and into Russia’s orbit. They carried Georgian flags and placards supporting membership inRead more