Salome Zourabichvili’s said a law that has sparked weeks of protests was “fundamentally Russian”.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/CmwGc

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    6 months ago

    Unfortunately:

    However, her veto is only symbolic as the prime minister’s Georgian Dream party has enough members in parliament to override it by holding another vote.

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    On Tuesday MPs passed the controversial law which requires NGOs and independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign donors to register as organisations “bearing the interests of a foreign power”.

    Only independent media though, this doesn’t apply to…umm… non-independent media cough cough.

    However, her veto is only symbolic as the prime minister’s Georgian Dream party has enough members in parliament to override it by holding another vote.