Protesting the adoption of the law on foreign agents in Tbilisi, participants overturned a police car near the Georgian parliament. Video of the incident was shown by a local television station. TV Pirveli.
7 March Georgian Parliament by majority vote accepted The bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”, which includes, at first reading, the creation of a register of foreign funded nonprofits and the media. Rallies for the bill have been going on in the Georgian capital since last week.
Earlier it was reported that the soldiers of the Georgian special forces were completely dismissed. scattered, scattered Protesters gathered in the square in front of the parliament building on Rustaveli Street. It was announced that the security forces were advancing from two sides, Azadlık Square and 9 Nisan Street. They used water cannon and tear gas against the protesters. The demonstrators fled to the nearby streets.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on CNN He insisted country authorities should refrain from using force against protesters against the adoption of the bill on foreign agents.