Armenia watches as protests against ‘foreign agent’ bill rock Georgia

Tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets in cities across Georgia for over a month now to protest the ruling Georgian Dream party’s renewed plans to require groups that receive funding from abroad to register as “foreign agents.”
The country’s law enforcement has been cracking down on the demonstrations, detaining and injuring dozens, including Ana Tsitlidze, a member of parliament from the United National Movement, Georgia’s main opposition party.
Ana Tsitlidze joins CivilNet’s Mark Dovic to discuss the latest developments in Georgia and what they may mean for the region as a whole.
0:00 Why have the protests in Georgia escalated so sharply?
5:49 Why does the government want the ‘foreign agents’ bill now?
10:27 What does Ivanishvili’s speech mean for Georgia?
12:59 What do the protests in Georgia mean for Armenia?
14:38 What comes next for Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill?
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[@rafisarkis4563]

Good god is the Georgian leadership really treading the same path Armenia took by becoming closer to Russia? Didn’t they see the results for us? Total economic and cultural isolation, dependence and stagnation. And in the end we lost Artsakh. The Russians may not directly inject monetary support to their backers via NGOs and media, but they certainly do it through oligarchs and moneyed interests. The lesson is there are no friends or allies, just mutual interests.

[@owlmirror178]

100% 👍

[@nickmat994]

History repeats itself in the smaller caucasian countries of Georgia and Armenia when these larger empires don't get along.

[@kobiberko6681]

The speaker was making good points but unfortunately she is not very articulate. Opposition need very articulate speakers to make people understand their message.

[@Tamara-nn1wr]

Look where is the West ending, and look where is East rising. USA adopted exactly the same law for US, rightly so. Look paid NGOs destroying GEORGIA. The West took Armenia to war for Azeri oil. Armenia lost a whole generation while EU sat and watched. Then EU countries went and congratulated Aliev for recapturing their historic lands, a country with 106 years history. Armenians bad lived in Artsakh since the time Tigrant the Great of Armenia ruled in the area.morr than 2000 years ago. European countries should take care of their problems in their countries instead of meddling in smaller countries.