Fights Break Out In Georgian Parliament After Adoption Of 'Foreign Agent' Bill

Fights broke out in the Georgian parliament after the adoption of the "foreign agent" bill as it went through the third and final reading. Protests were continuing outside, with demonstrators vowing to keep fighting against the legislation, which they say could curtail civil liberties.
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[@MCSonixx]

🇬🇪 Georgia STAY STRONG 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@MassTnT]

Georgia people, don't give up. The country belongs to you, not to the government, since it must represent your will.

[@VictorBonello]

Are commentary here all dazed? These people are protesting against something Von the liar said she would introduce if re elected

[@user-bd9qq9bk2s]

😂😂ну да конечно

[@francoisleveille409]

@@user-bd9qq9bk2s Do Svidanya tovarisch!

[@frankjames7272]

Just curious. How is it (new law) gonna affect an honest ,patriotic , georgia loving citizen?

[@francoisleveille409]

@@frankjames7272 Putin gets to decide for them who can be their friend, more or less.

[@adefiiilnoort]

Hold on Georgians. A united people can't be defeat.

[@user-bd9qq9bk2s]

Хуйню несёшь

[@Firstnameslastnames]

💯 thank you for your comment, i have always wondered, do these people get to see our comments? I hope our voices make a difference. And how does the common human not communicate the fact that we all want the same thing. To be happy, enjoy the life we have, and to feel safe. Evil exists, but it is not prominent. Keep love your hearts for each other, and know together you will overcome those that wish to do you harm or control you and rob you of the right to happiness.

[@vitek924]

But the question is United along not United with Western Europe or united with the United States rules!!, they have no idea what they are requesting, look at many other European Union countries who wants to exit the EU, like Hungary, look at the UK they exit, they need to quit believing in political Messiahs, they need to fight for their own freedom their own system, so they want to depend on someone, but just because they're not part of NATO they will become part of Russia? They are absolutely wrong in that part!! they need to stay independent with their own principles not depending on any country!!

[@meso8848]

@@Firstnameslastnamesi don’t know what people you are referring to but I hope you guys are against these people we are seeing here!! Mostly paid to « protest » .. 🤦‍♂️

[@mrboxheadd748]

EU JUST PAID YOU 5 EURO CENTS FOR THAT COMMENT

[@scoman5405]

The Georgian people have seen the results of Russian laws and want no part of it ....Stay strong Georgia

[@strategicintelligenceanaly9778]

They saw how Ukraine was destroyed and clearly voted against becoming Ukraine 2.0

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

Please educate yourself. EU nations and US have this law as well

[@frankjames7272]

except its not a russian law.

[@Spearca]

Russkiy bots are here

[@meso8848]

@@Spearcarussky bots? Haha every time someone says a fact he is qualified by Russian bot 😂 yall jokes !!! The law is called FARA !! Implemented by US back in 1938!! What’s wrong if Georgia wants that law too?????

[@cecile-p]

Stay strong, free people of Georgia ! You are many, you are free, you are strong !

[@user-bd9qq9bk2s]

Ага, конечно

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

EU and US have this law as well

[@cecile-p]

@@JoeSmith-sl9bq Do I reaaly need to tell how wrong this statement is ?

[@deecee1522]

SHAME ON PUTLER !

[@meso8848]

Putler ?? Are you talking about Putin ? Cause that’s a weird way to call him!! And what the f this has to do with Putin or Russia anyway ?????? We are talking about Georgia and a law that US implemented in their country back in 1938!!! Many EU countries have that too.. why not Georgia??? Get fkn lost you fascist Nazi .. only a frustrated Nazi would call Putin Putler ! ldiot

[@mishik310]

The best wishes from Armenia.Please Georgia stay strong. ❤

[@deecee1522]

SHAME ON RUSSIA !

[@agustinussiahaan6669]

Stand tall, Georgian. From Indonesia.

[@BaumerPaulGefreiter]

Thank you very much.

[@Red0543]

The only thing evil needs to win is for good men and women to do nothing…

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

Yes evil lost because the government passed a bill to expose who is funded by foreign powers. Those who were working for the interests of others have been exposed and are angry

[@UkrainiWins]

never give up, never surrender Georgia! 🇬🇪💪🏼🇺🇸

[@meso8848]

Surrender to what?

[@feonor26]

​@@meso8848Pro russian trolls who want to bring them under Moscow's heel

[@meso8848]

@@feonor26 oh get lost please! It’s so annoying when you pompom girls keep replying the same thing … the moment facts hit you hard you reply the same bs !! It’s FARA.. US law implemented back in 1938 followed by many other EU countries including Russia which if a logical law .. and good for Georgia but bad for US because US WANTS TO MEDDLE just like they did in Ukraine back in 2014 and Georgia back in 2008 These are facts and you gotta cope it in one way or another! And no I’m not a troll … mor0n

[@Spearca]

How is it that the parliament has such a strong pro-Russian majority, when every other indication I've seen says that the Georgian people favor greater ties to Europe?

[@finlcll9195]

Paid protesters of EU and LGBTQ groups of Tblisi wants good ties with woke EU. Majority of Georgians don't want EU control over its policies.

[@2020sII]

$

[@igeljaeger]

because russia is right next to them

[@iUUkk]

Maybe they are scared because of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and they don't want another Russo-Georgian war. I think most politicians are either scared to say no to Russian influence or are simply bought out.

[@irenes.2807]

russian are good at fixing elections

[@gshukarev]

Don’t give up, Georgia! ❤

[@HannuKaleviElo]

Continue to Fighting for your freedom never stop!!!

[@theraiderra8798]

The same hooded russian police as in Belarus.

[@ramadamming8498]

Why do you think they are Russian?

[@christianevanherck6023]

@@ramadamming8498 Russian military bases were established in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russia does not allow the European Union Monitoring Mission to enter either Abkhazia or South Ossetia. Russia has signed agreements with the de facto civilian administrations of both territories to integrate them militarily and economically into Russia. Russian troops have started the process of demarcation (also known as "borderisation") along, and allegedly beyond, the border between the rest of Georgia and the self-declared Republic of South Ossetia.

[@ramadamming8498]

@@christianevanherck6023 Sure, I appreciate all that. That being said, it is Ossetian people who are in the middle of a Georgia/Russia situation, the same way maybe, that Georgia is between a Russia/east-/EU/ 'the west' situation. It seems for some time, Ossetia does not want to be part of Georgia. So, 'anti Russian' sentiment, uses this as a tool an way to say "Russia is occupying" yet, what about Ossetian people ?

[@christianevanherck6023]

@@ramadamming8498 The Ossetian society is held hostage by Russian troops and FSB personnel, the kremlin started doing the same thing in Donbas in 2014.

[@ramadamming8498]

@@christianevanherck6023 In your opinion. If you ask Ossetians, they might have a different perspective. Not sure if you read my comment. Ossetia wanted to breakaway from Georgia, Georgia ragtag army militia in the 90s did not allow it.

[@noidea3343]

Free Georgia and Ukraine

[@Puleczech]

NEVER give up! Greetings and support from Czechia.

[@m4d3y3m00dy]

C'mon Georgia! Waiting for you in the EU! Solidarity from Italy! 🇬🇪 🇮🇹 🇪🇺

[@ramadamming8498]

Italy barely has an economy to survive in the EU. Greece did not. How can Georgia?

[@m4d3y3m00dy]

@@ramadamming8498 Italy and Greece are ok, so will be Georgia, don't worry

[@ramadamming8498]

@@m4d3y3m00dy I am.not sure you understand about tge situation in Greece or the EU and how it Bankrupt Greece and it is now held ransom by German banks? Greece is not ok. Have you been there? It is in a catastrophic condition in every way. You can imagine. It cannot surive the EU. Your comment is blinkered naive ir even ignoring reality to the point of being delusional.

[@chrismartin5662]

wow, the fantastic people of Georgia !! big shericals 💪

[@markh3376]

No to Russia Law Yes to the EU and freedom more than Russia is no life and suffering under Putin...

[@meso8848]

Hahaha Russian law ? 😂😂😂 dude is brainwashed to dead It’s a US law called FARA and they implemented it in USA back 1938 and many EU counties have it .. why not Georgia ? 😂 .. you’re so naive and have zero knowledge!!!! US wants to keep meddling in these countries bordering Russia and create problems!! Educate yourself

[@mrboxheadd748]

IN REALITY NO TO TRANSPARENCY LAW YES TO HIDING THE MONEY FOR FOREIGN ENTITIES THAT FUNDS RIOTS AND PROPAGANDISTS AND PAY CORRUPT POLITICIANS

[@frankjames7272]

If you have nothing to hide ,you have nothing to fear.

[@thefastandthedead1769]

For Freedom alone!

[@iambiggus]

See what aligning with Russia gets you these days?

[@claudiu8426]

Bravo Sakartvelo. Stay strong from Romania! Your persistence will prevail. 🙏

[@mrboxheadd748]

NOW TELL THE PROTESTERS WHY THEY DON'T LIKE THE BILL IN DETAIL SO FAR THE ONLY THING I HEARD WAS "WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE RUSSIA" "THIS IS RUSSIAN BILL" "THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY" "WE LOSE OUR FREEDOM"

[@rickyprovalone1913]

Wow.. what a shitty government.. totally not listening to the people.

[@pjhgerlach]

That's what a dictatorship is.

[@JqC555]

It’s worthy to work out how Georgia has had so many pro-conservative MPs while the people appear to oppose. And also, what’s the motivation behind the MPs’ overwhelming support for the foreign agent act, what do they want to achieve so urgently, or what do they fear and want to get rid of.

[@tonyhunt9001]

they want to know who is funding the faje protests, the usa is the one who invented this bill, i hope this helps you understand the hypocrisy on display

[@davidkanizsai9914]

That is the order they received from Moscow.

[@vickcou4036]

- We know how Russian-style elections work : ballot stuffing. - Just the words "democracy" "freedom" and "freedom of the press" have always frightened dictators as Putin while our presidents have to put up with a lot of inappropriate, unfair comments.. Dictators are always cowards.

[@dave4882]

@@davidkanizsai9914 I think he is asking how did so many Moscow lackeys get elected if so many citizens don't want Moscow involved.

[@maximeribes5416]

BOLD PEOPLE !!

[@Max-mm9xl]

Take care of your freedom, do not let Russian fascist laws pass through your institutions!!!!

[@mzunnurain]

Go Georgia.

[@drahtfunker]

Stay strong. Let not fuck up your land by russian agents.

[@ramadamming8498]

Though F it up by western ones instead.?

[@drahtfunker]

@@ramadamming8498 добрый день, товарищ. Вы понятия не имеете, что значит свобода для просвещенного общества. вы тоже намекаете на крайности. между ними так много всего. Европа - середина. Недаром через Германию пролегал железный занавес.

[@ramadamming8498]

@@drahtfunker I am not sure if I have a good translation on this -but all that I mean is, many in Georgia want to be "with the west" as a way to be "not with Russia" which might be understandable - but they might think 'the west' is the perfect place and saviour but it also has huge problems now. Towns are in bad condition, there is corruption of, the west might look good in the photos, the reality is different. Greece could not sustain being in the EU, a country controlled by shipping companies and German banks now with a disastrous condition.

[@drahtfunker]

@@ramadamming8498 Wich background do you have?

[@ramadamming8498]

@@drahtfunker Which do you have ? I presume a western one, as your name means 'Wireless Operator' in English ? Or, it would be literally, Threadfunker. ;-)

[@Urlxv]

Está nas vossas mãos o futuro dos vossos filhos 💪💪💪💪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@maikilreategui1271]

For different reasons. But Georgians and Armenians are both fighting for their freedom now. Stay strong both! 💪 🇦🇲🇬🇪

[@bass_not_bombs7483]

Wouldnt doubt it that security is shipped straight in from Russia.

[@christianevanherck6023]

There are Russian military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian troops have started the process of demarcation (also known as "borderisation") along, and allegedly beyond, the border between the rest of Georgia and the self-declared Republic of South Ossetia.

[@AWARHERO]

Anyone else seeing a global pattern here... Or is it just me?

[@CrazyyCanadian]

yeah, usefull idiots that are trying to overthrow democracy.

[@Ed_Stuckey]

თავისუფლება ქართველებს 🤍♥

[@Firstnameslastnames]

1:03 truth

[@johnzajac9849]

🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪!!!

[@SmashPhysical]

Politicians the world over doing the opposite of what citizens want.

[@francoisleveille409]

Mostly in countries where Putin installed some of his puppets.

[@AchyutChaudhary]

*They have elections coming up in 5 months - so how come the ruling party is behaving so against the public interest rather than appeasing them in this period??* 🤔

[@levanivashadze]

They need this law to win the elections

[@froodtube]

lol They use the 'Russian election' system, and the politicians want to keep it that way.

[@robertenglish3921]

🙏 Prayers out to parliaments and legislature no matter where/what it is right now Note, I am very appreciative of the load of stuff that must be probably written and made out Thanks again as I try to live and improve my own life

[@Ukie88]

Remember what happened to the Romanian dictator and his wife?

[@pamelahomeyer748]

God bless you all Georgia 🇬🇪

[@Silvius.2]

Blady Georgia police all masked then russia omon and FSB there also? Why police must musking ? Only about shame not be known!

[@grindcorejoe6661]

Make them pay, Georgian Brothers and Sisters!

[@cristinavelea7750]

🙏

[@ittaaablir50]

EARTHQUAKE ,FLOODING

[@FireStart2023]

There's Georgian democracy for you folks

[@patrickgault7676]

Love it!

[@Wufei22]

Cmon Georgia!

[@MariangelaPeddis]

Free Georgia

[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

Oh look, everyone loves democracy in the west until it goes the other way, and then we see scenes like this. I’m beyond believing Human beings are civilised. Soon as there is a slight struggle they revert back to their base instincts. Club club club!

[@kimberleyh1946]

omg, how can this bill be adopted?

[@stefanlundblad7693]

Why do they want to become a part of the EU?

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

Cowards cover their face... God bless the Georgians!

[@paulajo1459]

Repeat from Belarus!

[@nickportelli3002]

So did the opposition party vote with the government, for the law to pas.?

[@GwynBleys]

The parliament voted which is obviously consistent of both

[@user-fi6xy1ji8l]

come next election a new party will just remove this bill anyways

[@LuckyLoveRings]

🇺🇸🇬🇪🇦🇲🇺🇸🇬🇪🇺🇸🇦🇲🇺🇸🇬🇪

[@Marco-xc7bz]

Georgia choices Europe

[@JoeSmith-sl9bq]

What’s so controversial about exposing foreign funded agents?

[@GwynBleys]

The EU said they cant join if they pass it. Basically starting another Ukraine

[@waltraud3607]

Fragen Sie doch die russischen "ausländischen Agenten" wie es diesen russischen Bürgern mit diesem diskriminierenden Gesetz geht?

[@brianfreeman8290]

Good to see Parliamentarians who represent the views of their people.

[@tonyhunt9001]

send nuland with some more cookies.

[@laurentsalbert9630]

" La Liberté , c'est l'Esclavage . "

[@nelayanpejuang4194]

The people wanted to join NATO. But the government don't want to make the same Ukrainian mistakes. The people need to learn more.

[@froodtube]

lol stop buying Putin's NATO bs. The people of Ukraine elected Yanukovich specifically on the platform of joining the EU, *NOT* NATO (who had declined them membership anyway). Much like Georgia, Yanukovych took his Russian bribe, came home, and told the people "I rejoined the Russian CSTO because that's worked out so well for us, and tore up the agreement to join the EU I said I was going after when you elected me." The Ukrainians kicked that bum out, he fled to Russia, and Putin then seized all oil-rich parts of Ukraine. Tough decisions and tough times ahead for the Georgian people.

[@nelayanpejuang4194]

@@froodtube what Georgian don't know is that after join EU and NATO, they will become NATO vs Russia battlefield. NATO needs more land for attack Russia from different side. All Georgian must become voluntary soldiers.

[@froodtube]

@@nelayanpejuang4194 NATO doesn't attack Russia. Russia spreads NATO. Putin is like Hitler in WWII. Hitler first took land from neighboring countries for 'free' claiming they were German citizens and those lands really belonged to Germany anyway. The rest of the world appeased him. When appeasement ended, he took the lands violently militarily. All the countries on Hitler's borders (notably Poland) saw Hitler's aggressive actions and intent and started building up their military. Hitler threw a fit, stating this was aggressive "anti German" behavior, and a threat to Germany. When he got the allies to buy that BS and Poland disarmed, he made his deal with Stalin and Germany and Russia agreed to invade Poland and carve it up together. Georgian people want to be able to live their own lives and make up their own minds. They don't want to be thrown in jail for presenting a different view than their Russian owned politicians tell them. People will win. It is Russia's warped mindset of central leadership and the need to stand on the heads of the countries they invade that makes people want to leave Russia. It is not foreign agents handing out cookies to people. 😂

[@waltraud3607]

​@@nelayanpejuang4194Russland ist der imperialistische kriegerische Agressorstaat, Russland soll aus dem Territorium Georgiens verschwinden! Russland hält völkerrechtswidrig georgisches und ukrainisches Territorium besetzt. Russen müssen nach Hause gehen und alle Menschen, die in Russland leben wollen, sollen nach Russland ziehen.

[@VictorBonello]

Now the EU is going to introduce a similar law said Von the Liar

[@EasternEurope200]

🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@user-ex8yw3cg8q]

Бубуины😂

[@spacemarine40]

бабуины в полицейской форме

[@leontinaleal3251]

You can saying Goodbye EU.

[@martinwatts3796]

Georgia has shown they do not want Russia.... Georgians are like Ukrainians, they are both courageous and bold. When the Orcs go, they will be a real asset to the EU

[@martinarijsbergen4270]

Wishing everyone in Georgia the strength to keep the Russians out!

[@froodtube]

Russians are already in. They have control of most of the power in the government. People want the EU, but that is not in Russia's interests so the government will quench the people.