Vladimir Putin was accused of helping steal power in Georgia through the back door after elections tarnished through vote buying, vote stuffing and violence.

It is the second time in a week that Russia is said to have intervened in interfere with a vote in a Western-leaning state after The European elections in Moldova were very biased.

Several international observers expressed concern about widespread voting irregularities in Georgia, which appeared to give the ruling pro-Russian Georgian Dream party an advantage despite polls showing otherwise.

“The picture emerging from Georgia is clear: yesterday’s elections “It has been stolen by Putin’s puppet government in Tbilisi,” Boris Johnson said on Sunday as video evidence of vote interference emerged.

“I support the people of Georgia who defend their freedom, their rights and their future,” he added.

Alicia Kearns, shadow foreign secretary, said in a post: “The people of Georgia deserve free and fair elections.”

Salome Zourabichvili, the Georgian presidentHe later added that he did not recognize the results and referred to the vote as a “Russian special operation” and called for protests.