backed rival Raul Khadzhimba alleged there had been voting irregularities and insisted on a re-run. Georgia was "quite anxious" about the way Russia had openly engaged in the election process and brought both candidates to Moscow, intervening in a "matter which cannot be by any means considered Russia's domestic matter", Zhvania said. "All this certainly cannot be interpreted as friendly gestures." Tbilisi's main interest was to have someone in power in Abkhazia with whom it could talk. --More 2015 Local Time 1715 GMT
