Bipartisan group of US senators warns Georgia over foreign agent law
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A bipartisan group of 14 U.S. senators on Friday sent a letter to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze expressing concern over his government’s decision to reintroduce and advance a "Russian-style foreign agents’ law" similar to one they were forced to withdraw a year ago.
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