Georgia cracks down on demonstrations over 'foreign agents bill' 

Georgia WAS the first Ukraine

In the USA there is the "Patriot Act", a law that was passed after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The EU has passed similar laws. In Germany, a corresponding paragraph has even been expanded in the criminal code. Georgia (also known as the old Grusinia) now has a similar law to limit and control the influence of Western NGOs and their funding. In this way, the government wants to prevent Georgia from being destabilized by foreign parties from inside and outside, with the help of NGOs. The demonstrators are afraid of losing their sources of income. Back in 2014, Kyiv, the Maidan. The demonstrators were financially supported by the EU, the USA and their NGOs. What then happened to Ukraine has been very clear since 2014

Georgia was before Ukraine. Something you’ve conveniently forgotten.

I stand in solidarity with the Georgian people in their pursuing of democratic aspiration.

Good luck Georgia, do what it takes.

I love how people are confused between the State of Georgia and a country in the Caucasus called Georgia, lol.

This law is so that the citizens of Georgia can see which foreign organizations finance their politics. Not only Russian but also from Western countries. NATO countries have laws like this, you only need to look at the USA, which has had the FARA law approved since 1930, let me write it down again 1930. Why do Western countries welcome these demonstrations against this law when they themselves have one that protects their interests from foreign organizations?

Support to Georgian people from Armenia. Stay strong ✊. Our nations coexisted side by side for millenias, and it will continue 🇦🇲❤🇬🇪

PEOPLE OF GEORGIA WANT TO BE FREE!!!!! STOP THE VIOLENCE!!!!

Oh god what is going on in the world Georgia, US, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Iran , ... God help us all

EEUU (and several others European countries!) has exactly the same law. EEUU has the following: "The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) (22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq.) is a United States law that imposes public disclosure obligations on persons representing foreign interests. It requires "foreign agents"-defined as individuals or entities engaged in domestic lobbying or advocacy for foreign governments, organizations, or persons ("foreign principals")-to register with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and disclose their relationship, activities, and related financial compensation."

It’s sad, more tax money spending opportunities for USA and NATO countries. Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, now Georgia and how many more. Weapon industries in USA going to make profit if this war keeps going.

i'm sorry we couldn't help you georgia :( i hope the russians are nice to you this time

What about telling us the details of the law so the viewer can make an informed observation.

If there wasn't anything to hide, why such extreme demands to hide it?

So let me understand this , If the law is passed then NGOs cannot have over 20% of their funding coming from abroad , So foreigners have less influence on the native population , somehow i don`t see a problem with this

What you mean next Ukraine, we’ve been fighting for our freedom since our existence as a nation. And when it comes to Russia, we have been at war with them in 1990 and 2008, way before Ukraine. We are just small country and no one really notice us…

There is a group of people secretly laughing and rejoicing right now with great anticipation of big,big profits going forward. The youth of Georgia should be made aware of this. Y There are prime examples to be learnt from. As recently as just a few years ago. Hong-Kong,,Ukraine just to name 2

We support free Georgia. Always with you

The real problem with the legislation is it limits how much the US, EU, NATO and CIA can run the show in Georgia. I shed crocodile tears for them.

Are they ( demonstrators) foreigners in their own country .

Same law in USA fools

While I'm sure this happened, I firmly believe the news exaggerates events to make things far more dramatic than the reality of the situation. The reason I'm saying this is I spent the last week on vacation in Tbilisi. There was a street blocked for some speakers for a couple days, a fair number of police were standing around and so forth. However I walked round the city, saw the sights, took taxis and tours with no problems. If my wife hadn't asked a cop why the street was blocked I wouldn't have known anything was really out of the ordinary.

local protest:USA investment

Keep at Georgia 🇬🇪 ❤ 🇬🇧

I never seen the world in such turmoil

Georgia has a right to defend itself

Such a terrible bill. Foreign organizations should be able to determine Georgia's destiny

Protest in a former Soviet republic ? Victoria Nuland must be dying to be present in the protest handing out cookies to the old flocks and kids .... She loves protest doesn't she ??

I love Georgia, they won't give up.

It's not a Russian law, it actually protects Georgia from Russia and other foreign powers. USA have the same law, it's normal

Apparently Vladimir Putin going to make a special appearance in a Tank 😂 on for 3 days special appearance 😂

I just visited Athens, Georgia. Great people 🇺🇸

Yes!! People are just sometimes lost for direction

Georgia is not Europe! 😎

No firearms at home like the Americans? Gosh!

Georgia was ukraine in 2008

I feel a special operation coming on if this doesn’t go Pootin’s way

711 illegal immigrants arrived in England today

This is exactly why the Bill was made in the first place. This is Maidan pt2.

You dont need a parliamentary bill to end free speech, which together with freedom of the press has been ended in Britain by extra-parliamentary means. Those who want to end it in Georgia should look to UK to find how it's done.

Yeah, the 5 eyes must be pissed. 🤣

Why not call it the American law?

People of Sakartvelo must be free. And we must support them. I admire their bravery.

Kremlin said Putin is going to make a big five hour speech to the crowd , Bet that will help

US UK and EUROPE have the same laws.. Why not Georgia ? America has the most comprehensive such laws.. 😊😊

Funny how those against a sovereignty bill all speak English huh?

We have the united States don't just pass agent foreign bill but total government and establishment are for foreign country

Cant believe these same guys made mashed🤯💀

MAKE WAY FOR CLAUS SWABS WEF

Putins new statue will cheer everyone up 😊 He is on miniature horseback holding a fish in his mouth his personal favourite piece 😊

Georgia is free country and free state! People in Georgia will win! Slava Georgia, Slava Ukraini!

How is this a controversial law? Most western countries have straight up banned NGOs for being partially or fully foreign funded (Confucious Institute for instance)

Georgia's current COVID vaccination rate is 40% 😅😅😅

I’ve been wondering if and when. All this fighting is like cancer, it spreads. Like boats (causes and offensives) nations on tumultuous oceans and raging seas (raging mankind of the nations) tossing everything about amid the wars and riots. The anguish of nations not knowing the way out.

I hope there is no soviet statues in Georgia. We all know what happened with this piece of art when people get angry.

Channel 4: Is Georgia the next Ukraine? Answer: Is Georgia setting up rockets and missiles and point it at Russia?

Democracy only when it suits you. People electe representatives to act in their interests. The parliament passed a law and thats that . The EU has no business in the affairs of Georgia.

stand strong Georgia

So they don't want to know who is funding the NGO's?

Doxx the billionaire founder of the BRICS party

that is so stupid Georgia already had its war with Russia. They will lose this struggle, All countries have this law . This law helps protect countries rights protect itself against political NGOs

Georgia has already been Ukraine 😅, like many years ago!, ruZZia has 20% of their territory...

So many western boys here

Another Maidan?

Does the law outlaws organizations with foreign funding or just labels them as foreign agents? As I understand this in theory lays ground for treating all foreign funding as foreign interference, including Russian.

Russia will never allow Georgia to become the E.U member or a NATO member.😂😂😂😂😂

Georgians in Georgia ( Caucasus) , Etruscans, Sardinians in Italy (Etruscans, who, along with others also lived on the territory of the kingdom of Kolkhida in the western part of Georgia by the Black Sea), Corsicans in Corsica, Picts in Britain, Spanish Iberians in Spain and other European people have same ethno, ethnic origin, Georgians also are related to those peoples of Europe who have both Iberian and Celtic ethnic origins. Also, so for centuries and millennia between the ancestors of the Georgians and the Romans, after the Eastern Romans, there were closely mixed ethno-cultural relations, which also accordingly affected the genetic level of the peoples of the Georgians and Italians (Also, the ancestors of the Georgians lived not only in the territory of Georgia, but also in other parts of Europe, South-East Europe, also, the ancestors of the Georgians, along with other peoples of the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions, are also one of the creators of the Mediterranean civilization in those ancient historical times and so on. ), which is proved by history, respectively life itself, proved at the level of genetics (proved genealogically in different periods of time, including the director of the Zurich Genealogical Center R. Scholz), archeology, cultures, culture and so on., accordingly proven by life itself, and this is why all these listed peoples ( together with originality of each of these ethno, ethnic peoples) have similarities, identical in different forms of culture, in folk music, dance, in ancient architectural style and so on. Georgian cultures/culture of different historical times (including modern times) are European ( together with their own culture/ cultures, influences with different European cultures, beginning from ancient times, influences with ancient Greek civilizations, cultures, with Roman cultures, later with East Roman/Byzantine culture, with Catholic Europe and other European cultures during all historical periods in history of Georgians, Georgia, subsequently, among other European cultures, having the closest relationship also with Russian culture) and so on.

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Russia should not tolerate this for long, as it tolerated in 2014 for long in Ukraine. The result is a full scale war for years. The same will happen in Georgia in future unless Russia intervenes now and take over Georgia and Armenia immediately.

This is danger signs..that's final should be cause social unrest and political crisis

I’m in EU , I WISH WE NEVER JOINED

Free 🇬🇪 Free 🇺🇦 Free 🇭🇰 Free 🇲🇲

Tysiące obcych agentów wyszło na ulice demonstrowac przeciw ustawie o "obcych agentach". Cały swiat z was się śmieje 🤣🤣🤣

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What does Russia has to do with it

Bit of information for you. These protests are throughout the country including Batumi, Kutaisi and in the East

Putins going to send everyone a signed copy of his new book 📙 "Judo special operation moves " 😊

Puck Futin and his influence in Georgia.

It look like the US😂😂😂

Georgia's E.U. ambition depends totally on Ukraine winning the war. If Ukraine losses then Georgia will be surrounded by Russia and Türkiye with no one close by. And as Ukraine is never going to win the war not in a trillion years so the EU can say goodbye to Georgia and it natural resources.

❤❤❤I remember how ZELENSKY got his power.❤❤❤ Very sorry, better to stay neutral.

Imagine protesting a press freedom law? 😂

Ukraine becoming a bore.... Next

Joseph Stalin was from Georgia.

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Siguiente😂😂😂

You can see by the brutality of the crackdown that this is Russia's influence. Fight like Ukrainians!

Oni vse udut v Rossiu rabotat, a potestuyt protiv Rossiu..ia ne ponimau...ne hodite rabotat tam...

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Countries close to Russia will unfortunately b

In all honesty, glad they're not part of EU and NATO. These ex-Soviet countries are like ticking time bombs of which one part yearns for good old fashioned Russia and the other beckons to Europe, why they need to establish a stable form of coexistence first, preferably without any external interference.

Can people who dont know anything shut up? This law is not the same as in us .

Nato seems very unhappy I wonder why

Good luck Georgia, protect yourself from the west and escape rhe Ukrainian scenario.

Poeple Power is the answered like in the philippines done

🗽🎩☮️👋Georgia🗽

Muslim putin 😂😂😂😂

The US & EU are holding auditions & Georgia is one of the top countries to be Ukraine 2 but Poland & Romania are in with a shout.

The president of Georgia it’s not Putin! 😡😡😡