After considerable resistance from the civilian population, Georgia's government has withdrawn its controversial "agent" law. This was announced by the ruling party Georgian Dream.

For two days in a row, thousands in the capital Tbilisi protested against the draft law. Similar to Russia , the Georgian leadership wanted to classify media and NGOs that receive money from abroad as "foreign agents."

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