Sergey Lavrov: Demonstrations in Georgia turned Salome Zurabishvili into a fighter for freedom of speech, although the draft law on foreign agents is much softer than in many countries
The draft law on foreign agents, which is now being discussed in Georgia, is much softer than in many other countries, including the USA, France and Poland, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russian media.
"All these demonstrations in Georgia turned Salome Zurabishvili into a fighter for freedom of speech, although the law is the softest, and in the USA, France, Poland, many other countries there are laws with fines and criminal liability if you receive money, do not talk about it and do something wrong with this money." "The Georgian draft law on foreign agents only requires the declaration of funds if the organization receives more than 20% of its funding from abroad," Lavrov said.
