The Prime Minister of Georgia claimed some non-governmental organisations in the country were registering abroad “to avoid being labelled as organisations pursuing interests of foreign power through the law on transparency of foreign influence”.

“These entities are completely wrapped in their own lies and farce, the public will not accept the acts of the NGOs.

If organisations failed to comply with the requirements of the law, Ministry of Justice could impose a one-time penalty of GEL 25,000.

More than 450 NGOs had voluntarily applied for registration as groups pursuing interests of foreign power at the National Agency of Public Registry of the Ministry under the law. This is another proof the law is absolutely clean and correct from a legal point of view, without any stigmatisation and restrictions. The only result is the creation of the only website where any Georgian citizen can enter and obtain information about an organisation’s finances. Nothing else is happening, and everyone will notice it”, - said Irakli Kobakhidze.