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By Tornike Mandaria in Tbilisi Weeks of protests against the Georgian government’s Russian-style ‘foreign agents’ bill have created a spirit of resistance that now poses a serious challenge to the country’s increasingly authoritarian regime. Up to 100,000 protesters in this country of less than 4 million people have flooded the city streets night after night, despite being faced with police deploying tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannons. The trajectory of the protests remains uncertain but many anticipate that this ongoing resistance, mainly led by young people, will evolve into a wave of…