The bill in Georgia requires media and civil society groups to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20 percent of their funding from overseas, echoing a repressive Russian law against independent entities.
The ruling party pushed the bill through the first reading amidst opposition boycott, leading to mass protests with 20,000 people demonstrating in front of the parliament to oppose the measure and express support for European ties.
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