On the night of May 1, the Georgian police attempted to disperse the massive manifestation of opponents of the adoption of the law "On transparency of foreign influence", which the opposition compares with the Russian law on foreign agents.
The manifestants erected the barricade parliament. The confrontation between the police and the demonstration participants lasted several hours. The police acted rigidly, used waterlands and tear gas. By the morning, they were rehearsed from Rustaveli Avenue.
Among the police were opposition policies - the head of the largest opposition party of Georgia "The Single National Movement" by Levan Habeishvili and the leader of the political association "Citizens" Aleko Elisashvili.
The law on transparency of foreign influence is similar to the Russian law on foreign agents. It requires organizations that receive more than 20% of funding from abroad to be registered in the authorities as an organization representing the interests of a foreign state. Failure to comply with a fine of $ 25,000 - $ 9400.
