Georgian Dream, which until recently looked certain to win another victory in this year’s elections, now risks repeating last year’s mistake—only this time, the stakes are higher. For several weeks now, there have been non-stop protests in Tbilisi over the government’s latest attempt to pass a highly controversial law enabling it to designate organizations receiving funding from abroad as “foreign agents.” The third and final parliamentary reading of the bill, which closely resembles an earlier Russian law, is scheduled for mid-May. Despite the growing protests and elections scheduled for the fall, the Georgian Dream ruling party has no intention of backing down, apparently confident it has nothing to lose.
