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TBILISI - Georgia's parliamentary speaker signed into law on Monday a bill on"foreign agents" that has caused a political crisis in the South Caucasus country and drawn sharp criticism from its Western allies.
The legislation requires organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from overseas to register as"agents of foreign influence", and introduces fines for violations as well as onerous disclosure requirements. A group of Georgian NGOs has said they will challenge the legislation in the constitutional court and is preparing a submission to the European Court of Human Rights, Georgian media reported last week.
Russia is unpopular among many Georgians for its support of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, with public opinion broadly supportive of membership in the EU and NATO. Russia defeated Georgia in a five-day war in 2008.
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