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Thousands of protesters rallied Tuesday in Georgia after parliament adopted a law to brand overseas-funded NGOs as groups under “foreign influence”, a measure Brussels has warned will undermine Tbilisi’s European aspirations. Lawmakers voted 84 to 30 in favour during the third and final reading of the law, which was widely denounced as mirroring repressive Russian legislation used to silence dissent. Street protesters skirmished with riot police outside the parliament building in the centre of the capital, where demonstrations have raged for the last month. Scuffles even broke out inside the c…

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