The world media has echoed the last night’s developments in Tbilisi. According to the BBC, protesters have clashed with police in Georgia’s capital after Parliament backed a controversial draft law.

“Riot police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse the crowds outside the parliament building. Some protesters were seen falling on the ground and coughing, while others waved EU and Georgian flags”, - writes BBC.

According to the Guardian, some of the protesters gathered outside the Parliament building carried Georgian, EU and US flags, and shouted: “No to the Russian law,” and “You are Russian” at politicians inside the legislature.

Georgian authorities are backing a “foreign agent” bill despite criticism from Brussels and Washington. The bill is widely seen as emulating a repressive Russian law that allows the Kremlin to crush its critics, Deutche Welle reports.

Turkish and Ukrainian media also write on the same topic.