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Johnny Melikian on the Georgia Law on Foreign Agents, Protests and Aftermath| Ep 238 - March 15, 2023

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:15:00 -0700

Georgia Law on Foreign Agents

On March 7, the Georgian parliament voted into law one of a couple of drafts of a bill that had been circulated for the last few months. One of the bills was a near-exact translation of the US law on “Foreign Agents Registration Act”, known as FARA.

This law would require political actors to clarify their foreign funding sources and their activities to lobby lawmakers with such funding.

Johnny Melikian on the Georgia Law on Foreign Agents, Protests and Aftermath| Ep 238 - March 15, 2023

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:15:00 -0700

Episode Summary

On March 7, the Georgian parliament voted into law a bill that would require political actors to clarify their foreign funding sources and their activities to lobby lawmakers with such funding. This ignited large protests in Tbilisi, and on March 9 the parliament agreed to rescind the law and to release arrested opposition members. We analyze the events and the outcome.

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