The Georgian parliament on Tuesday overrode a presidential veto of the 'foreign agents' legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks. The legislature, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, dismissed President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the legislation that she and other critics say will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union. The president now has five days to endorse the bill.
The bill that was approved by the parliament earlier this month requires media, nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofit groups to register as 'pursuing the interests of a foreign power' if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Zourabichvili, who is increasingly at odds with the governing party, vetoed the bill on May 18.
Russia-Georgia relations have often been rocky since Georgia became independent after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2008, Russia fought a brief war with Georgia, which had made a botched attempt to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Moscow then recognized South Ossetia and another separatist province, Abkhazia, as independent states and strengthened its military presence there. Most of the world considers both regions to be parts of Georgia.
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