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. Dramatic 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. She said that she didn't want to see a return to the Soviet era, when Georgia was ruled from Moscow.