Deposed by a parliament and party she claims were installed through “rigged elections,” Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s fifth president, has expressed disappointment with the Biden Administration’s policy response.

Amid the ongoing crisis gripping her country, she voiced hope for a positive reaction from President Donald Trump.

Before a group of reporters in Washington Wednesday morning, Zourabichvili, 72, spelled out her concerns about Russia enhancing its strength in Eastern Europe through what she called “costless victories”— that is, using money and underhanded tactics to “steal” elections for pro-Vladimir Putin candidates and thus “retake the region.”

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