Stygian” means having the characteristics of death, but the word kept a lawmaker alive in a spelling competition Wednesday night.

In Georgia, the ruling government borrowed from Russia’s lead – after backing down from its first attempt to pass a foreign agent law in the face of massive protests, it pushed it through ...

Georgian legislation directly mirrors a contentious law Russia passed more than a decade ago to stifle dissent and quash the power of civil society groups.

As researchers examining the structure and effects of autocratic regimes, we view Georgia’s first year of its foreign agent law as an example of how politicians are not only learning the tactics of ...

Since 2012, Moscow has used its own foreign-agent legislation to persecute independent NGOs, media outlets, and citizens who criticize the Russian government’s policies, and many Georgian civil ...

In May 2024, Georgia’s parliament voted to uphold a law labeling many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as foreign agents. Advocates of Georgian democracy fear that its implementation will ...

The dangers of this law are stark and immediate. Drawing inspiration from Russia’s 2012 “foreign agent” legislation, it provides the Georgian government with a powerful tool to discredit and ...

Angered by Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law, young protesters try new tactic Young demonstrators fight on ahead of October elections in a bid to exhaust the administration behind the ...

The speaker of Georgia's parliament said he signed into law Monday a divisive measure that has drawn weeks of protests by critics — at least 20 of whom were arrested, including two U.S ...

Georgian NGOs and media have said they would appeal to the country's constitutional court and the European Court of Human Rights over a controversial "foreign influence" law that has sparked mass ...

Georgia’s parliament voted today to override a presidential veto and adopt a contentious new law that would require Western-backed NGOs and media outlets to register as foreign agents in spite ...

Georgia's parliament has passed a controversial foreign agent law that could jeopardise its path to EU membership. The new law requires media organisations and NGOs to register as foreign agents ...