Protests erupt in Georgia after parliament passes Russian inspired "foreign agents" bill

[Storr]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64882475

"There has been widespread international condemnation of the bill, which would require non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and independent media who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as foreign agents."

"The opposition described it as a Russian-style law that would stigmatise and clamp down on Georgia's vibrant civil society and independent media."

"Russia passed its own version of a "foreign agents" law in 2012, expanding it over the years to target and suppress Western-funded NGOs and media."

[Storr]

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1633192086274031620?s=20

https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/1633216515603419136?s=20

https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1633189113758203906?s=20

https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1633192466106011649?s=20

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1633200610903302145?s=20

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Is there any polling to judge how popular this bill is among the broader Georgian electorate? Do these people really have the country behind them or just a very mobilized minority?

[afleitch]

Is there any polling to judge how popular this bill is among the broader Georgian electorate? Do these people really have the country behind them or just a very mobilized minority?

Peak Atlas.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Is there any polling to judge how popular this bill is among the broader Georgian electorate? Do these people really have the country behind them or just a very mobilized minority?

Peak Atlas.

Peak Atlas would be polling+some election maps on the side with a few esoteric facts about what was just posted. This is Near-Peak Atlas.

[CumbrianLefty]

I think that Georgia does have polls tbf, dunno how reliable or accurate they are though.

[Silent Hunter]

The bill has been dropped.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Guess the government wasn't interested in risking anything.

[CumbrianLefty]

The bill has been dropped.

Which will maybe cause certain pro-Russia voices online some self-reflection - given that they backed it so stridently. But probably not, eh.

[Storr]

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1633955087310520323?s=20

[It’s so Joever]

Trying to do anything even conceivably “pro Russia” in Georgia is the dumbest political move I can imagine tbh. Unless I am misreading the Georgian public, I will defer to Cath on that.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

Is there any polling to judge how popular this bill is among the broader Georgian electorate? Do these people really have the country behind them or just a very mobilized minority?

I heard Trafalgar and Rasmussen were in the field looking for a hidden pro-Government vote.

[DavidB.]

GD rejected the bill in the second reading.

[America Needs R'hllor]

GD rejected the bill in the second reading.

Amazing showing of democratic force from the protestors in Georgia. We've got a thing or two to learn from them here in Israel, and on a much more impactful set of bills.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Trying to do anything even conceivably “pro Russia” in Georgia is the dumbest political move I can imagine tbh. Unless I am misreading the Georgian public, I will defer to Cath on that.

Hahaha, thanks. I have been out of the news cycle for a while, I don't know too much aboit post-Misha Georgia, and any other response I would try to type would involve too much work on a phone to be worth it.