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News, Nuance, and Context of Georgia's civil and political life. Since 2001. For Georgian follow @CivilGe_Geo ; for Russian - @CivilGe_Rus .

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The area around the parliament building is crowded as Ode to Joy is played #Tbilisi #Foreignagentslaw
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Protesters dance amid warning sirens. #NoToRussianLaw
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Day 2, Tbilisi: Georgians protesting Russia's war against Ukraine. #Georgia #StandWithUkraine
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The demonstrators are now marching towards the Georgian Dream headquarters. The three-legged doggo is back on duty. 🎥 Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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Tbilisi now: Demonstrators marching towards Supreme Court #NoToRussianLaw
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As rally & concert continue on Europe Square, protesters are listening to Nino Katamadze, famous Georgian musician, performing popular Georgian song Suliko. Many sing along. #Tbilisiprotests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Europe square now. People chanting: Sa-kar-tve-lo! (Georgia!) and “No to Russian law!” Video: Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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PM Kobakhidze posted an official statement saying that he was being routinely blackmailed by "high ranking foreign politicians," but was "particularly aghast" during the phone conversation with an unnamed EU Commissioner, who "listed the range of measures that western politicians
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Europe square crowded as more and more protesters are joining the rally against Agents’ law #NoToRussianLaw Video: Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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At this moment on #Tbilisi ’s Heroes’ Square. #ForeignAgentsLaw 📷Tamar Lomidze/Civil.ge
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President #Zelensky made a statement in support of protesters in #Tbilisi : I would like to thank all of you, who were holding Ukrainian flags in the streets and squares of Georgia these days. I want to thank you for our national anthem, which was played in Tbilisi. 1/4
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Tbilisi last night: cheerful protesters walking in the pouring rain, singing "Zhuzhuna Tsvima," the popular Georgian rain song. #TbilisiProtests 📹 Muro Takalandze
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The famous three-legged black dog has become a symbol of the current #Tbilisiprotests , faithfully and tirelessly following the protesters no matter how far they march. Now the doggo has been spotted in the rainy Heroes' Square. 📹 Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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At 3 am protesters are still on Rustaveli avenue. The youths on barricades are chanting Sa-kart-ve- lo! (Georgia in the Georgian language) Video: Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Protesters boosting morale with push-ups, and swearing directed at Bidzina Ivanishvili #ForeignAgentsLaw #Tbilisi 🎥Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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March from 300 Aragveli getting bigger. #TbilisiProtests 🎥Mari Imerlishvili/Civil.ge
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At 1 am, a big group of protesters still remains at the parliament
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People start to gather for the third day of protests. Two demands: release the detained; vote down the bill which was passed in first reading. #NoToRussianLaw
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Massive student march heading towards parliament now. Many have already gathered there. #TbilisiProtests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Visiting heads of foreign committees of European legislatures addressed the crowd on Rustaveli Avenue and expressed their solidarity with those protesting against #ForeignAgentsLaw . Ode to Joy and Georgian anthem were played after their speeches. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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#Tbilisi now: protesters remain at the Parliament with reportedly more and more people arriving at the rally scene. 🎥Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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Crowds are gathering on #Tbilisi 's Rustaveli Ave. for today's rally against #foreignagentslaw . More are expected to come, including from Georgian regions, after last night's violent dispersal. Police had to let the car with a generator pass after pressure from protesters.
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A large group of motorcyclists hang out near the rally #Tbilisiprotests #foreignagentslaw
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Crowds occupy Rustaveli ave after big group of motorcycle riders join the rally
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#Tbilisi now: People marching against #ForeignAgentsLaw on Rustaveli avenue in the Freedom Square direction, chanting Sa-ka-rtve-lo ( #Georgia in Georgian language)
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Georgians singing the anthem of Ukraine on Georgia's main Freedom Square in Tbilisi. #StandWithUkraine
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It's after midnight and Ode to Joy is played on Rustaveli Avenue. #TbilisiProtests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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People remain on Rustaveli avenue, despite police crackdowns #ForeignAgentsLaw #TbilisiProtests 🎥Gigi Kobakhidze/Civil.ge
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Protests against #ForeignAgentsLaw are back after yesterday's break as demonstrators again block Rustaveli Avenue near the Parliament building. Earlier today, President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the law. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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As Georgia prepares to mark Independence Day, newly graduated school students celebrate the "Last Bell" in front of Parliament while protesting the #ForeignAgentsLaw . 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Protesters are now facing the riot police from behind the makeshift barricade. The situation reached an impasse. Despite mounting violence from the police, people do not disperse. Images emerge of the river embankments, off the center, being blocked by buses and vehicles as
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Daily protests against #foreignagentslaw continue in Tbilisi. Today, protesters marched towards the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
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As country-wide opposition to the #foreignagentslaw grows, more people, including students, are joining daily rallies in other parts of Georgia. The video shows a protest march in Kutaisi, Imereti region, earlier today. 📹 Imereti Press
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🇬🇪🇺🇦Ukrainians in 🇳🇴 #Oslo organize a rally in solidarity with #Georgia , #Ukraine . “ #Russia terrorizes its neighboring states, just because they want democracy and want to decide their own future,” the event organizers write. #ForeignAgentsLaw #RussianInvasionofUkraine
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Students marching on Chavchavadze avenue against #ForeignAgentsLaw 🎥Otto Kantaria
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#TbilisiProtests against #ForeignAgentsLaw back to usual intensity after Easter holidays. Rallies continue with youth-led marches, with protesters now marching towards the Georgian Dream headquarters. A larger rally is planned for May 11. 📹 Muro Takalandze
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Protesters now marching to the parliament. There are unconfirmed reports that visiting foreign ministers of Baltic states and Iceland might address them. #Tbilisiprotests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has also addressed pro-Ukraine rally in Tbilisi: "You are the people upholding the dignity of Georgia today." 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺
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Protesters marching from Republic Square pass under Bridge of Peace. Many have already arrived at Europe Square. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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#TbilisiProtests against #foreignagentslaw continue on Rustaveli Avenue. Later tonight, many protesters plan to join the Easter Vigil at Kashveti Church opposite the parliament building. 📹 Nata Koridze/Civil.ge
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Protesters again paralyze Heroes Square, Tbilisi's main traffic artery #TbilisiProtests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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"The largest number of people have come today" - footage from the area near the parliament building as protesters share their amazement.
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Rustaveli crowded as more protesters join for what promises to be a night-owl sit-in. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze
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Despite Easter holidays, the number of protest marchers in Tbilisi remains high. #Tbilisiprotests 🎥 Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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Protesters now marching towards Galaktioni bridge. #TbilisiProtests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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🔴Protesters arrive at Government administration building
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Citing laws banning use of Soviet symbols in Georgia, protesters put Georgian, EU flag stickers on hammer & sickle signs featured on Galaktioni Bridge. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil ge
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People marching on Rustaveli avenue to join the ongoing anti- #ForeignAgentsLaw protest at the Parliament 🎥Giorgi Kelbakiani/Civil.ge
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🔴Demonstrators arrive at the Supreme Court, demanding the free and transparent judiciary
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Protesters marching back to Rustaveli Avenue #TbilisiProtests 📹 Giorgi Kelbakiani/Civil.ge
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Youth protests against #foreignagentslaw continue. Protesters again block Rustaveli Avenue, defying police warnings earlier in the day. Claiming that the number of people at the rallies was "significantly decreasing" and citing Georgian laws, police warned of a "legal response".
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Images from the side streets, where the riot police teargas and water cannons from inside the courtyard. TV and media report that mobile phone and video uplink signals are being suppressed in this area. #NoToRussianLaw #TbilisiProtests
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Republic Square is now crowded. Speakers address the crowd and the national and European anthems are played. Later, protesters plan to march on Rustaveli Avenue. #foreignagentslaw
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Rustaveli avenue at this moment. Protesters have been informed that the 🇬🇪Parliament adopted #ForeignAgentsLaw in 2nd hearing. “Slaves,” protesters are chanting in address to Georgian Dream MPs
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Georgians outside the Parliament in Tbilisi chanting: "Long live to united Ukraine, long live to united Georgia!" 🇬🇪🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
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🔴 Disturbing footage from TV Pirveli shows riot police brutally beating detained protester lying on the ground. #TbilisiProtests #ForeignAgentsLaw
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Tbilisi, Georgia: delivery workers honking their horns for Ukraine. 🇬🇪🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
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Rustaveli is packed and more are on the way moments after #foreignagentslaw passes second hearing. Angry protesters vow not to allow MPs to leave the parliament and plan to encircle the building amid high police presence
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The rally at the parliament gets super-massive as students arrive and join other protesters. #TbilisiProtests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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⚡⚡ President Zurabishvil vetoed the law on foreign influence. Full statement below; "I have vetoed the Russian Law. By its essence, by its spirit, this is a Russian law which goes against our constitution, all European standards and is an impediment on our European path. The
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#President of #Georgia calls on law enforcers “not to dare” to resort to violence, intimidation & conspiratorial repression against protesters, "green-lighted" by PM. President also calls on demonstrators not to give in to “planned” provocations.
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The march is still ongoing. Protesters are heading to encircle the parliament building and create a symbolic human chain. The number of people marching is incredible
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Happening ar 02:50 am local time: Protesters return to Rustaveli ave from the Heroes’ Square, and gather near #Parliament building singing the hymn of #Georgia Video: Giorgi Mosiashvili
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Youth march under the bridge blocking Mtkvari river's right bank. The march so far took the route from Parliament - Liberty Square - Justice House - Heroes Square. #TbilisiProtests #NoToRussianLaw (Source: Telegram)
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A large protest march in Tbilisi after student groups from various universities united on Rustaveli Avenue #TbilisiProtests 🎥 Muro Takalandze
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Protest against #foreignagentslaw reaches Tbilisi Opera as well. After a performance by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra today, EU flags appeared in the hall and the audience chanted "Georgia". 📹 Nata Koridze/Civil.ge
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As #TbilisiProtests meet Easter celebrations, Georgians opposing #foreignagentslaw gather at the Kashveti Church on Rustaveli Avenue for a vigil. Protesters also brought and swapped red eggs and Easter cakes to honor tradition. 📹 Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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Even though organizers planned no formal protest today, a large group of youths have marched from the #Parliament to the #government building
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Foreign Ministers of #Lithuania , #Estonia and #Iceland just finished addressing protesters at Rustaveli avenue with words of support and appreciation, greeted enthusiastically by the crowd Video, photos: Mariam Nikuradze
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Riot #police are leaving Rustaveli Avenue after a tumultuous night marked with inexplicable police violence in the face of fully peaceful protest. Estimated tens of arrests were made. After this violent night, though, thousands of protesters are still standing. They feel they
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Youth protesting against Foreign Agents law block Rustaveli Avenue in #Tbilisi say they will not stop rallying and demand the government's resignation.
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President Salome #Zurabishvili says "our struggle" is no longer about the Foreign Agents Law in her statement tonight, insisting that the "longer-term struggle" is about elections that will show "Georgia is not Russia".
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Today’s protest against #ForeignAgentsLaw culminates with youths dancing on Rustaveli Avenue in front of the Parliament with the 🇬🇪🇪🇺flags. #NotoRussianLaw #Tbilisi 🎥Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Parliament gate has been barricaded 📷Gigi Kobakhidze/Civil.ge
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Protesters have blocked the road near the Paragraph Hotel on Liberty Square. 🎥 Guram Muradov/Civil ge
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#Tbilisi now: Protesters dancing to the FC Dinamo victory song on Rustaveli avenue #NoToRussianLaw 🎥Gigi Kobakhidze/Civil.ge
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#NoToRussianLaw and yes to #Europe seems to be a widespread sentiment tonight in #Georgia
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🎉 History made! 🎉 #Georgia beats #Greece in the UEFA EURO Qualifiers, heading to #EURO2024 🇬🇪⚽️
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Situation escalates at Parliament. Detentions have been reported. #TbilisiProtests #ForeignAgentsLaw 🎥Gigi Kobakhidze/Civil.ge
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🇬🇪🇪🇺 Anthem of Europe 'Ode to Joy' performed outside Georgia's Parliament. 📷 Nino Khutsidze
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🔴Protesters remain at the Parliament, performing national anthem of #Georgia 🎥Gigi Kobakhidze/Civil.ge
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🧵 draws on its archives to provide a daily recap of the events of the war. We start on August 1, 2008, amid the final stage of pre-war escalation, and will continue up to the occupation of Akhalgori Municipality by the #Russian troops on August 16.
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Today's rally seems to be one of the largest protests seen in #Georgia 's recent history.
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Impressive scene on Rustaveli right now. The extremely large crowd came once again to express their support to Georgia's European future and protest the draft on foreign agents.
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Demonstrators celebrate their fellow protester's birthday at the Georgian Dream headquarters. GD office is again heavily guarded by police #TbilisiProtests
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At 1:00 am protesters on Rustaveli avenue don’t seem to recede as night vigil is announced to meet GD MPs who are planning to push #foreignagentslaw at 3rd parliamentry committee hearing on morning of May 13 Video: Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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Heroes Square now as more protesters join. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Protesters again paralyze Heroes Square, Tbilisi's main traffic artery #TbilisiProtests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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🔴Tensions flare up at the Parliament with the police arresting, beating protesters #TbilisiProtests #ForeignAgentsLaw 🎥Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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For the fifth day in a row, #TbilisiProtests are headlined by youth groups who have already blocked Rustaveli Avenue. #NoToRussianLaw
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📹Russians in #Georgia chant "No to Occupation of Georgia" at their ongoing rally in #Tbilisi against #Putin as presidential elections are taking place in #Russia
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The protesters now march to the parliament in an organized way. Another big group of protesters headed there before. The attendance is extraordinarily big #foreingagentslaw #Tbilisi
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Happening now in #Tbilisi : Heroes’ Square is getting filled with protesters coming from the Rustaveli avenue. The square is blocked. 🎥Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
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More people show up as protests against #foreignagentslaw return to Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue, a day after the ruling party-organized counter-rally. "How can we survive here" - a song by popular band Loudspeakers, dedicated to current protests, is playing
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Crowds are gathering on #Tbilisi 's Rustaveli Avenue for another day of protests against #Foreignagentslaw , again blocking the road. 📹 Giorgi Kelbakiani/Civil.ge
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🔴Protesters remain at the Government building
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A walk through Rustaveli Avenue at 1:30 am. Protests against #foreignagentslaw continue in Tbilisi. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Alongside the national flags 🇬🇪 and those of the #EU , several flags of the Georgian Democratic Republic (1918-1921 and then 1990-2003) make appearance at #TbilisiProtests #NoToRussianLaw
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Both of Mtkvari embankments appear to be blocked now as protesters share the flashlight signs across the river. 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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