SHOCKING footage shows Georgia protestors clashing with riot cops after trying to storm the country's presidential palace.

Riot police in capital Tbilisi used water cannons and pepper spray on Saturday to push back protesters amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent.

Tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital, Tbilisi, to protest repressive policies by the governing party, Georgian Dream.

They see the party as trying to pull their country away from its democratic ideals - and into Russia 's orbit.

Footage showed hundreds of protestors carrying Georgian flags and placards supporting membership in the European Union .

Some then tried to force entry into the presidential palace in central Tbilisi, smashing the gate before being driven away by riot police.

The rally's organiser

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