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FILE - Police block Georgian opponents of gay rights as they try to interfere a pride party in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)

Georgian parliament approves anti-LGBTQ legislation, echoing measures in Russia

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during the official groundbreaking for the Hyundai Motor Group plant on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, in Ellabell, Ga. The Republican Kemp left on Monday, June 10, 2024 for a 10-day economic development trip to South Korea to visit with officials from Hyundai and other South Korean businesses. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hits back at Trump, tells him to stop talking about his family

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A demonstrator gestures trying to stop riot police during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Thousands of people rallied in Georgia for weeks against the foreign influence bill. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent, and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)

As Georgia presses on with ‘Russia-style’ laws, its citizens describe a country on the brink

By Joanna Kozlowska - Associated Press

In this photo released by Georgian Presidential Press Service, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, speaks at a joint news conference with foreign ministers of Baltic and Nordic states during their trip to Georgia in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Georgian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Georgia’s president says a controversial foreign influence bill passed by parliament is unacceptable

By Sophiko Megrelidze - Associated Press

A demonstrator wears a national flag as she argues with the police that blocked the road toward the Parliament building during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, May 13, 2024. Daily protests are continuing against a proposed bill that critics say would stifle media freedom and obstruct the country's bid to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Georgian Parliament holds third and final reading of divisive bill on foreign influence

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Demonstrators waving Georgian national flags gather in front of the Parliament building during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, early Monday, May 13, 2024. Daily protests are continuing against a proposed bill that critics say would stifle media freedom and obstruct the country's bid to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Thousands protest in Georgia over the weekend against ‘Russia-style’ law on foreign influence

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Riot police use a water cannon during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Clashes erupted between police and opposition demonstrators protesting a new bill intended to track foreign influence that the opposition denounced as Russia-inspired. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Why did bill to stem ‘foreign influence’ trigger protests in Georgia over country’s media freedom?

Associated Press

Protestors with a giant EU flag gather outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, April 15, 2024 to protest against the "the Russian law" as it is similar to a law that Russia uses to stigmatize independent news media and organizations seen as being at odds with the Kremlin. The governing party in the country of Georgia has submitted to parliament a draft law calling for media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their budget from abroad. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Georgia lawmakers scuffle over a divisive bill that opponents say mimics Kremlin’s repressive law

By Sophiko Megrelidze - Associated Press

FILE - Jeffrey Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on Sept. 14, 2020. Former Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark and former Georgia Republican Party chair David Shafer, who were indicted last week along with former President Donald Trump, have filed paperwork to transfer the case to federal court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

The 19 people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to keep Trump in power

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

FILE - Rudy Giuliani speaks with reporters as he departs the federal courthouse, May 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A look at the 19 people charged in the Georgia indictment connected to Trump election scheme

By Kate Brumback and Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

The Trump Gang: 18 people who got snagged in the Georgia election case

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan speaks from his desk on the floor of the Georgia State Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Trump says ex-Ga. official should not testify before grand jury, repeats claims election was stolen

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this image made from video, Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili attends a court hearing from hospital via video link in Tbilisi, Monday, July 3, 2023. Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him. He and his supporters claim he was poisoned in prison and has lost half of his body weight since he was arrested in October 2021. (Pool Photo via AP)

Georgia condemns Ukraine for its protests over health of former president Saakashvili

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In this image made from video, Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili attends a court hearing from hospital via video link in Tbilisi, Monday, July 3, 2023. Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him. He and his supporters claim he was poisoned in prison and has lost half of his body weight since he was arrested in October 2021. (Pool Photo via AP)

Emaciated and imprisoned, ex-president Saakashvili tells Georgian court he is spiritually fit

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