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Georgia to drop foreign agents bill after massive protests
Georgia's ruling party said Thursday it would withdraw a bill that opponents warned would stifle dissent and curtail media freedoms, after days of massive protests demanding it be dropped.
Georgian police disperse crowd protesting foreign agent law
Police in the capital of Georgia used water cannons and tear gas late Wednesday to disperse demonstrators around the parliament building protesting a draft law that they say could stifle media freedom and civil society.
Protests and Riots in Georgia over Controversial Law on Foreign Agents
Georgia was engulfed in unrest last night after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi to oppose a controversial law on "foreign agents" passed by parliament at first reading, Reuters reported.
Georgians protest against draft law on media, nonprofits
Georgian authorities used tear gas and water cannon outside the parliament building in the capital Tuesday against protesters who oppose a proposed law some see as stifling freedom of the press.
The Mayor of Moscow announced an End to Mobilization
Points for the mobilization of soldiers for Ukraine in Moscow closed at 2 p.m. local time on Monday, said Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, as quoted by the Russian Interfax news agency.
Russia: The Bomb for the Crimean Bridge was Planted before the Cargo passed through Bulgaria
The Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Investigative Committee of Russia (SKR) have officially accused the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence of Ukraine of orchestrating the bombing of the Crimean bridge over the weekend.
Day 231 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Zelensky asked the G-7 for Help in creating a Shield against Russian Missiles
Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:
Moscow blamed Ukraine's military intelligence for the Crimean bridge explosion
Bulgaria’s National Security Agency will Check the Route of the Truck blown up on the Crimean Bridge
The State Agency "National Security" (SANS) has started an investigation on the basis of the spread information that the truck that caused an explosion on the Crimean bridge on October 8 passed through the territory of Bulgaria.
The investigation began immediately after the disclosure of the information, by order of Acting Prime Minister Galab Donev.
EC doesn’t believe Moscow's claims of a "Bulgarian Connection" in the Crimean Bridge Explosion
A spokesman for the European Commission said today that there could be no credence in claims by Russian investigative services that the truck that allegedly blew up on Saturday on the Kerch (Crimea) bridge had left Bulgaria and passed through Georgia, Armenia and North Ossetia before arriving in the Krasnodar region (Russia).
Deputy head of Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev calls for a forceful response
Deputy Head of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, said that Moscow must respond to the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge.
As he said, Russia will respond by eliminating the terrorists responsible for the attack.