The Georgian people came out to protest, speaking out against the law on “agents of foreign influence”, which is a copy of the corresponding Russian one. The fact is that Putin is now trying to restore his influence in a number of countries, including Georgia.
Russian opposition politician Gennady Gudkov told Channel 24 about this. In Russia, according to him, everything also began with the adoption of a relevant law.
Putin is losing his influence
Gudkov noted that Georgia now appeared on the path between the future and the past. Bidzina Ivanishvili may not be entirely Putin, but he has serious obligations to the Kremlin dictator. Indeed, in 2012, Putin supported his running for office in Georgia and allowed him to quickly sell his business in Russia.
Putin understands that he is losing his influence almost everywhere, but this does not mean that he has come to terms with this, the opposition politician believes.
For example, he noted, Putin is now trying to restore his influence in Georgia, Armenia, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Now Georgia is trying to resolve this issue.
Gudkov commented on the protests in Georgia and Putin's attempt to restore his influence there: watch the video
The law on foreign agents is a copy of the Russian
In Georgia itself, the politician stressed, quite disturbing events are now taking place, in particular, the arrest of Saakashvili, which is a certain indicator. It is clear that now there is a struggle against the law on foreign agents.
What is now going on in the Georgian parliament is a one-on-one Russian law that allows anyone to be recognized as a foreign agent and deal with him, – Gudkov said.
In Russia, the opposition politician added, it also began with this, and ended with what everyone now sees – the cruelest, bloodiest war in Europe over the past 80 years.
More about protests in Georgia
- On March 7, thousands of people protested in Tbilisi against the adoption by the Georgian Parliament of the scandalous law on foreign agents, copied from Russian legislation. The police brutally tried to disperse the protesters, but they were able to turn the tide in their favor and even stormed the parliament building.
- The protesters in Georgia on the evening of March 8 delivered an ultimatum to the authorities. The Georgian authorities were given an hour to withdraw the law on foreign agents from parliament and release all the protesters detained on March 7.
- As a result, the ruling Georgian Dream party withdrew the draft law on foreign agents from parliament. It was he who caused mass protests in Tbilisi.
