Georgia’s parliament has approved the second reading of a “foreign influence” bill that has been criticised as mirroring a draconian Russian law, as thousands of protesters opposed to the draft demonstrated outside the parliament building.
Lawmakers on Wednesday voted 83 to 23 to adopt the bill in a second reading, despite three weeks of rolling protests against the bill in the South Caucasus country. The ruling party has said it wants to sign it into law by mid-May.
