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Georgian President Zurabishvili vetoes controversial 'Russian law'

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili attends a joint press conference with foreign ministers of the Baltics and Iceland following their talks in Tbilisi on May 15, 2024. © Georgian Presidential Press Service, AFP

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Saturday put a mostly symbolic veto on the "foreign influence" law that sparked unprecedented protests and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations.

Ruling Georgian Dream party lawmakers voted through the legislation this week in defiance of protesters, who are worried the ex-Soviet republic is shifting away from a pro-Western course back toward Russia. 

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