President Salome Zourabichvili had earlier told DW that she would reject the contentious legislation as a "symbol." The veto, ...

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said she vetoed the bill On Transparency of Foreign Influence, which the Georgian parliament recently adopted. "Today I vetoed the ‘Russian’ law.

Under the Georgian version, a foreign agent is ... foreign agents in law has given rise to serious criticism by both Georgia’s opposition and Western politicians. Georgian President Salome ...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill barring state agencies from purchasing from companies linked to foreign adversaries. The legislation tasks the Georgia Technology Authority with ...

On 1 April 2025, the Parliament of Georgia passed the new “Foreign Agents Registration Act" in its third and final reading, and the next day, the President of the country signed it. The law will come ...

The foreign agent law in Russia was passed only after the protests that accompanied the 2012 elections, which returned Putin to the presidency for the third term. In Georgia, the ruling government ...

Take Georgia ... of its foreign agent law as an example of how politicians are not only learning the tactics of Russian authoritarianism but improving on them in a shorter time frame. Georgia’s ...