Foreign Agents Bill in Georgia: A New Era of Influence

The Georgian parliament, led by Shalva Papuashvili, enacted the 'foreign agents' bill, requiring organizations receiving over 20% of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents. This legislation, passed by the Georgian Dream party, has incited widespread protests.

The speaker of Georgia's parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, has signed the "foreign agents" bill into law, thus putting it into effect immediately, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Monday.

Georgia's parliament, controlled by prime minister Irakly Kobakhidze's Georgian Dream party, passed the law requiring organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from overseas to register as agents of foreign influence. The legislation sparked large street protests.