http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3505600.stm
Vasily Mkalavishvili, known for his fierce attacks on religious minorities, had barricaded himself inside a church in the capital, Tbilisi.
More than 100 police destroyed its door with trucks, before using tear gas and batons in a violent clash with his supporters in the building.
Some 20 people, including children, were injured, reports said.
Mr Mkalavishvili was excommunicated by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1996 after he admitted his followers had - on his orders - ransacked Jehovah's Witnesses premises.
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According to AFP news agency, he gave a press conference on Thursday in which he strongly criticised Georgia's new pro-Western government and its US-educated President, Mikhail Saakashvili.
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"Georgia does not exist right now," he was quoted as saying.
"It is only another US state, whose governor is George Soros" - a reference to the US billionaire philanthropist.
Vasily Mkalavishvili, known for his fierce attacks on religious minorities, had barricaded himself inside a church in the capital, Tbilisi.
More than 100 police destroyed its door with trucks, before using tear gas and batons in a violent clash with his supporters in the building.
Some 20 people, including children, were injured, reports said.
Mr Mkalavishvili was excommunicated by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1996 after he admitted his followers had - on his orders - ransacked Jehovah's Witnesses premises.
...
According to AFP news agency, he gave a press conference on Thursday in which he strongly criticised Georgia's new pro-Western government and its US-educated President, Mikhail Saakashvili.
...
"Georgia does not exist right now," he was quoted as saying.
"It is only another US state, whose governor is George Soros" - a reference to the US billionaire philanthropist.
