https://podcasts.groong.org/tags/georgia-protests/Recent content in Georgia Protests on Groong PodcastHugoen-usThu, 07 May 2026 01:18:31 +0000https://podcasts.groong.org/332-archil-sikharulidze-georgian-law-on-foreign-agents-tavush-movement-in-armenia-parallels-in-foreign-influence/Sun, 26 May 2024 02:00:00 +0400https://podcasts.groong.org/332-archil-sikharulidze-georgian-law-on-foreign-agents-tavush-movement-in-armenia-parallels-in-foreign-influence/<h2 id="georgian-law-on-foreign-agents">Georgian Law on Foreign Agents</h2> <p>For the past two months Georgia has been wracked with protests about a so-called bill on “Foreign Agents” which the parliament passed into law last week, and then it was vetoed by president Zourabishvili.</p> <p>If you follow mainstream media, this law on foreign agents which the west calls a “Russian Law” or “Putin’s Law”, will be catastrophic for Georgia. Interestingly, the US and many other western states have similar laws to protect them against foreign influence. The US for example has FARA, the Foreign Agent Registration Act (which, I think, dates back from before WW2!)</p>https://podcasts.groong.org/watch/332-archil-sikharulidze-georgian-law-on-foreign-agents-tavush-movement-in-armenia-parallels-in-foreign-influence/Sun, 26 May 2024 02:00:00 +0400https://podcasts.groong.org/watch/332-archil-sikharulidze-georgian-law-on-foreign-agents-tavush-movement-in-armenia-parallels-in-foreign-influence/<h2 id="episode-summary">Episode Summary</h2> <p>Georgian Law on Foreign Agents. Politics and Diplomacy of Armenia. Parallels and Lessons from Georgia.</p> <div class="watch-notes"> <a class="watch-notes-button" href="https://podcasts.groong.org/332/"> Go to Episode Notes </a> </div>