‘Georgia’s bid to Muzzle Media and NGO’s and the Russian-Made Oligarch Behind it’
Top level discussions between Georgian government officials and their party’s oligarch founder, Bidzina Ivanishvili, provide insights into the motivation for resurrecting a draft law that prompted two nights of rioting last year, reports Will Neal
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, pictured above in November 2022, says the bill is an exact “copy” of one Vladimir Putin introduced to crush dissent in Russia