The speaker noted that many who have heard of the events in Georgia have a question: “What if a foreign agent bill could lead to such a confrontation? Especially if the same law was passed in the United States 85 years ago and is still in effect, he added.
Volodin explained that Washington has few levers to control the world, and that financial and military levers carry great risks for the states themselves. In this regard, it is preferable to organize revolutions using “soft power” (funding of the opposition, etc.). Therefore, states that want to become sovereign, as the parliamentarian explained, take steps to counter such methods. This is a ban on foreign funding of domestic political activities or the introduction of control over incoming funds and activities of NPOs associated with politics.
“If the Law on Foreign Agents is passed, Georgia will get the right to control the funds transferred to the country from abroad,” Volodin continued, “to finance political parties or, simply, the opposition, the media and public organizations that form the anti-Georgian agenda.Thus, he concluded, it is Georgian citizens who will influence the decisions taken in various fields.
In this context, the Foreign Agents Bill interfered with the United States, as it limited Washington’s influence on the country’s domestic political life.
“With its withdrawal from consideration in parliament, Georgia has lost a chance for sovereignty,” stressed the speaker of the State Duma. He wanted Georgia to become a sovereign state.
Recall that since March 7, demonstrations have taken place in Tbilisi with the participation of several thousand people in connection with the adoption in first reading of the draft law on foreign agents. After two days of unrest, more than 130 people were arrested. Subsequently, the ruling party decided to withdraw the bill.
