CNN  —  Mikheil Kavelashvili was inaugurated as president of Georgia on Sunday, following a tumultuous election period marked by further divisions between pro-Russian and pro-EU factions of the former Soviet state. Kavelashvili, 53 – an ex-lawmaker for the right-wing ruling Georgian Dream party and former English Premier League soccer star – was sworn in at …

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