Kesaria Abramidze, a transgender model, is killed in Georgia, raising concerns over LGBTQ rights and safety.
‘Family values’ bill is adopted despite being denounced by the president, rights groups and the European Union.
Despite months of antigovernment protests, Georgia’s ruling party still enjoys support among the older generation.
State intelligence agency claims ‘former officials’ also planned to assassinate governing party head Ivanishvili.
Young demonstrators fight on ahead of October elections in a bid to exhaust the administration behind the measure.
Law obliges organisations getting over 20 percent of funding from overseas to register as ‘agents of foreign influence’.
The NGOs say they’re ready to pay penalties under ‘the Russian law … which nobody will obey’.
Critics say the bill will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union.
President Salome Zourabichvili says the law is ‘Russian in its essence’, but parliament is expected to overturn veto.
The ‘Russia law’ will make it hard for Georgia to join European Union, argue protesters, the US and Baltic states.
Protests set to continue as Western nations urge Georgian authorities against adopting ‘Kremlin-style’ measure.
The measure, described as authoritarian and Russian inspired, was approved despite warnings from the EU and the US.
Police in Tbilisi crack down on protesters as tens of thousands rally to oppose a controversial ‘foreign influence’ bill
The bill requires organisations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents.
