Georgia (Country)
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Georgia (Country)
Legislator in breakaway Abkhazia shot dead at parliament, state news firm says
A lawmaker in Abkhazia, a. breakaway Georgian region supported by Russia, was shot dead at. the parliament structure, the region's state news company reported. on Thursday. Abkhazia's state news firm Apsnypress cited the health. ministry as stating Vakhtang Golandzia had died of injuries. sustained in a shooting at the parliament building. Another. lawmaker was also wounded. Apsypress did not right away report whether any suspect had. been apprehended, or what the obvious motive of the shooting was. A lavish subtropical territory on the Black Sea coast,. Abkhazia broke from Georgia's control in a war after the. collapse of the Soviet
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Energy Markets
What is Georgia's 'foreign agents' costs and why does it matter?
Georgia's parliament conquered a governmental veto of a controversial bill on foreign. agents on Tuesday, setting the phase for the speaker to sign it. into law in coming days in the latest chapter of a political. crisis that has actually roiled the South Caucasus country. Here's what you require to understand about the law, the response to. it in the West and Russia, and why it matters. WHAT IS THE 'FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES' EXPENSE AND WHO CALLED FOR IT? The Law on Openness of Foreign Influence will need. all organisations getting more than 20% of their funding from. abroad to sign