Proposed law would require NGOs and media outlets who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence” They would also have to submit annual financial statements, facing fines of roughly US$9,400 and scrutiny from the Ministry of Justice for failure to comply. The proposal is seen as part of a larger trend in the region of cracking down on civil society and independent media through legislation inspired by Russia’s notorious “foreign agent” law.
Source: Written by Nana Bregadze and Aidan Iusubova, 2023-02-18; https://www.occrp.org/en/daily//en/daily/17338-georgian-parliament-to-discuss-draft-law-on-agents-of-foreign-influence