Georgia’s parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a highly controversial foreign agent law, amid mass street protests. The legislation would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Thousands gathered outside parliament in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to protest for the third night on Wednesday. Opponents say the proposal would obstruct Georgia’s long-sought prospects of joining the European Union. They denounce the bill as “the Russian law” because Russia has used similar l…