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Georgian parliament descends into punch-up over 'Russian-inspired' foreign agent law

Fight breaks out in Georgia parliament over 'foreign agents' bill.

A fistfight erupted between politicians in Georgia's parliament on Monday over a controversial bill regulating "foreign agents" that has been likened to legislation in neighbouring Russia.

Video from inside the parliament building in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, showed a brief but violent brawl after the chairman of the chamber's legal affairs committee appeared to strike the leader of the United National Movement opposition party, which opposes the law.

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