The people of the former Soviet republic are terrified of becoming the next Ukraine.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators in the republic of Georgia began protesting violently on March 7 against a “foreign influence” bill that critics say Russia is pushing in order to tighten its grip on the ex-Soviet nation.
The legislation is modeled after a law Russia enacted in 2012 to crack down on dissent, which made Russia considerably more dictatorial. It would require any organization that receives 20 percent or more of its funding from abroad to register with the government as “foreign agents” and put them in the cross hairs of pro-Russia politicians. Such a law would also undermine Georgia’s attempts to align with the West.
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