Jim Risch: I'm concerned about the Foreign Agents Law that Ivanishvili and his Georgian Dream Party seem determined to pass, even though it moves them further from European integration

Jim Risch, one of the leaders of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, says he is "concerned about the foreign agents act".

According to him, it seems that Georgian Dream is determined to adopt the law, even though it moves them further from European integration.

"I'm concerned about the Foreign Agents Law that Ivanishvili and his Georgian Dream Party seem determined to pass, even though it moves them further from European integration. NGOs should be allowed to work in peace, without interference from a gov't that doesn't like their work," wrote Jim Risch, one of the leaders of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.

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