01:42Demonstrators protesting against the election results in the Georgian capital Tbilisi rounded on people they believed to be Russian journalists on Tuesday.
Footage shows one media staffer falling to the ground after being followed and blasted with a siren from a megaphone. After the man managed to get to his feet, police officers put him in a taxi to his hotel.
"You have no right to film without our permission. I have the right. I'm in my country. Go on, get out, get out now," one of the protesters told the him.
The video also shows another man being chased by protesters.
Russian news agency RIA Novosti and news portal Izvestia reported that there employees were covering the election protests in the capital.
In Saturday's elections, the Georgian Dream party won with 53.93 per cent of the vote. Approximately two million people turned out to vote, representing a 59 per cent turnout.
Pro-EU President Salome Zurabishvili said that she did not 'recognise' the result and called for protests, suggesting there had been Russian interference. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described the accusation as 'nonsense'.
Opposition parties also contested the results while former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili claimed that the election was 'completely rigged and stolen'.
Kobakhidze described the opposition's actions as a 'hopeless attempt' to save face. Hungarian leader Viktor Orban congratulated Kobakhidze on his 'overwhelming victory', while Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also sent a congratulatory letter to the prime minister, calling the Georgian Dream party a 'leading political force'.
Meanwhile the US and some EU countries have called for a 'full investigation' into alleged polling violations.
'You have no right to film!' - Protesters turn on Russian media at Tbilisi rally after pro-EU president, losing parties allege 'election interference'
Demonstrators protesting against the election results in the Georgian capital Tbilisi rounded on people they believed to be Russian journalists on Tuesday.
Footage shows one media staffer falling to the ground after being followed and blasted with a siren from a megaphone. After the man managed to get to his feet, police officers put him in a taxi to his hotel.
"You have no right to film without our permission. I have the right. I'm in my country. Go on, get out, get out now," one of the protesters told the him.
The video also shows another man being chased by protesters.
Russian news agency RIA Novosti and news portal Izvestia reported that there employees were covering the election protests in the capital.
In Saturday's elections, the Georgian Dream party won with 53.93 per cent of the vote. Approximately two million people turned out to vote, representing a 59 per cent turnout.
Pro-EU President Salome Zurabishvili said that she did not 'recognise' the result and called for protests, suggesting there had been Russian interference. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described the accusation as 'nonsense'.
Opposition parties also contested the results while former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili claimed that the election was 'completely rigged and stolen'.
Kobakhidze described the opposition's actions as a 'hopeless attempt' to save face. Hungarian leader Viktor Orban congratulated Kobakhidze on his 'overwhelming victory', while Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also sent a congratulatory letter to the prime minister, calling the Georgian Dream party a 'leading political force'.
Meanwhile the US and some EU countries have called for a 'full investigation' into alleged polling violations.
Demonstrators protesting against the election results in the Georgian capital Tbilisi rounded on people they believed to be Russian journalists on Tuesday.
Footage shows one media staffer falling to the ground after being followed and blasted with a siren from a megaphone. After the man managed to get to his feet, police officers put him in a taxi to his hotel.
"You have no right to film without our permission. I have the right. I'm in my country. Go on, get out, get out now," one of the protesters told the him.
The video also shows another man being chased by protesters.
Russian news agency RIA Novosti and news portal Izvestia reported that there employees were covering the election protests in the capital.
In Saturday's elections, the Georgian Dream party won with 53.93 per cent of the vote. Approximately two million people turned out to vote, representing a 59 per cent turnout.
Pro-EU President Salome Zurabishvili said that she did not 'recognise' the result and called for protests, suggesting there had been Russian interference. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described the accusation as 'nonsense'.
Opposition parties also contested the results while former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili claimed that the election was 'completely rigged and stolen'.
Kobakhidze described the opposition's actions as a 'hopeless attempt' to save face. Hungarian leader Viktor Orban congratulated Kobakhidze on his 'overwhelming victory', while Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also sent a congratulatory letter to the prime minister, calling the Georgian Dream party a 'leading political force'.
Meanwhile the US and some EU countries have called for a 'full investigation' into alleged polling violations.