Georgia News LIVE: Thousands Rally In Protest at ’Foreign Influence Bill | ‘Kremlin-Style’ Law |N18G

Georgia LIVE: Thousands Rally in Protest at ’Foreign Influence Bill | ‘Kremlin-Style’ Law | CNBC TV18 Protesters rally outside parliament as lawmakers gather for committee hearing to discuss a controversial bill which would require media and non-governmental organisations and other non-profits to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power“ if they receive more than 20% of funding from abroad. It is expected following this committee hearing a full parliament session for the third reading of the bill may be scheduled, which likely will spark another wave of the unrest US says parliamentarians must choose between Kremlin-style laws or Euro-Atlantic democratic path. An estimated 50,000 people marched peacefully in heavy rain in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday night after the US said parliamentarians had to choose between Kremlin-style laws or the Euro-Atlantic democratic path they had embarked upon. The march was the latest in a series of public protes
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