{"id":4912,"date":"2024-05-15T03:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T03:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2024\/05\/15\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T03:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T03:35:09","slug":"protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style &#8216;foreign agents&#8217; bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k1bFsCnpKAsGURAEJ9E\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For almost a month now, tens of thousands of Georgians, particularly young people, have been protesting a controversial bill on \u201cforeign agents\u201d. Inspired by Russia&#8217;s 2012 law, the new legislation will require NGOs and media outlets to register as agents of foreign influence if 20 percent or more of their funding comes from abroad. Opponents fear that the bill would be used to crackdown on political dissent like in Russia. Taline Oundjian and R\u00e9gis Gent\u00e9 report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1529,1076],"tags":[130,3756,1816,3757,836,2092],"class_list":["post-4912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","tag-bill","tag-foreign-agents","tag-georgia","tag-protests-erupt","tag-russian","tag-style","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style &#039;foreign agents&#039; bill - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style &#039;foreign agents&#039; bill - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For almost a month now, tens of thousands of Georgians, particularly young people, have been protesting a controversial bill on \u201cforeign agents\u201d. Inspired by Russia&#039;s 2012 law, the new legislation will require NGOs and media outlets to register as agents of foreign influence if 20 percent or more of their funding comes from abroad. Opponents fear that the bill would be used to crackdown on political dissent like in Russia. Taline Oundjian and R\u00e9gis Gent\u00e9 report.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T03:35:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style &#8216;foreign agents&#8217; bill\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-15T03:35:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":18,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bill\",\"foreign agents\",\"Georgia\",\"Protests erupt\",\"Russian\",\"style\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/\",\"name\":\"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style 'foreign agents' bill - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-15T03:35:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style &#8216;foreign agents&#8217; bill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style 'foreign agents' bill - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style 'foreign agents' bill - GuardianTV","og_description":"For almost a month now, tens of thousands of Georgians, particularly young people, have been protesting a controversial bill on \u201cforeign agents\u201d. Inspired by Russia's 2012 law, the new legislation will require NGOs and media outlets to register as agents of foreign influence if 20 percent or more of their funding comes from abroad. Opponents fear that the bill would be used to crackdown on political dissent like in Russia. Taline Oundjian and R\u00e9gis Gent\u00e9 report.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2024-05-15T03:35:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style &#8216;foreign agents&#8217; bill","datePublished":"2024-05-15T03:35:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/"},"wordCount":18,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg","keywords":["Bill","foreign agents","Georgia","Protests erupt","Russian","style"],"articleSection":["National","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/","name":"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style 'foreign agents' bill - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-15T03:35:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Protests-erupt-as-Georgia-moves-forward-with-Russian-style-foreign-agents-bill.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/protests-erupt-as-georgia-moves-forward-with-russian-style-foreign-agents-bill\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Protests erupt as Georgia moves forward with Russian-style &#8216;foreign agents&#8217; bill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}