FILE Demonstrators against "the Russian law" try to remove a police barrier outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 28, 2024. Thousands of people rallied in Georgia for weeks against the foreign influence bill. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent, and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)
FILE Police officers detain a protestor during a demonstration outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 16, 2024, to protest against "the Russian law" similar to a law that Russia uses to stigmatize independent news media and organizations seen as being at odds with the Kremlin. Thousands of people rallied in Georgia for weeks against the foreign influence bill. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent, and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)
FILE Demonstrators with a Georgian national flag gather at the Parliamentary building during an opposition protest against the foreign influence bill in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 28, 2024. Thousands of people rallied in Georgia for weeks against the foreign influence bill. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent, and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)
FILE A demonstrator holds a EU flag during an opposition protest against the foreign influence bill at the Parliamentary building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 28, 2024. Thousands of people rallied in Georgia for weeks against the foreign influence bill. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent, and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)
FILE Top presidential candidate Mikhail Saakashvili, left, smiles while listening to the preliminary election results as his wife Sandra Roelofs applauds him in Georgia's capital Tbilisi Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004. A pro-Western reformist, Saakashvili was president in 2004-13 and was renowned for his energetic efforts against Georgia's endemic corruption, but Georgians became increasingly uneasy with what they saw as his authoritarian inclinations and his sometimes-mercurial behavior. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
FILE Georgian far right parties and their supporters hold a banner that reads: "No to LGBT darkness", as they gather in front of the Parliament building during a rally against Pride Week in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 2, 2022. Journalists, campaigners and analysts who spoke to the AP cast it as part of sustained efforts to crack down on critics before a parliamentary election in October, and neuter civil society by advancing repressive "Russia-style" measures - including fresh legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people. They also described an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, with opponents of the bill being harassed, threatened and sometimes physically assaulted. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)
FILE Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the created by him the Georgian Dream party greets demonstrators during a rally in support of "Russian law" in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 29, 2024, a proposed law that 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. Ivanishvili, a former prime minister, made his fortune in Russia. His Georgian Dream party promised to restore civil rights, "reset" relations with Moscow and pursue membership in the European Union. It has, however, been accused of creeping authoritarianism, especially not pursuing reforms necessary to ensure juridical independence. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)
FILE This photo taken from video released by Georgian Parliament on April 15, 2024, shows the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party's group in parliament, Mamuka Mdinaradze, left, being punched in the face by opposition MP Alexander Elisashvili while speaking in Tbilisi, Georgia. The scuffle came as parliament debated the bill on foreign influence that became law in early June. As it made its way through parliament, it sparked mass protests by those opposing it. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (Georgian Parliament via AP, File)
FILE A demonstrator gestures trying to stop riot police during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Thousands of people rallied in Georgia for weeks against the foreign influence bill. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent, and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)
FILE Bodyguards escort Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, center, to shelter under a threat of Russian air attack in Gori, Georgia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. A pro-Western reformist, Saakashvili was president in 2004-13 and was renowned for his energetic efforts against Georgia's endemic corruption, but Georgians became increasingly uneasy with what they saw as his authoritarian inclinations and his sometimes-mercurial behavior. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
FILE Georgia's jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili appears on a screen via a video link from a clinic during a court hearing in the case of the violent dispersal of anti-government mass protests in 2007, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. A pro-Western reformist, Saakashvili was president in 2004-13 and was renowned for his energetic efforts against Georgia's endemic corruption, but Georgians became increasingly uneasy with what they saw as his authoritarian inclinations and his sometimes-mercurial behavior. (Irakli Gedenidze, Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE Nika Gvaramia, a Georgian politician and the founder of the Ahali party and Mtavari TV, one of the biggest TV media outlets in the country, speaks to journalists during a rally outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 17, 2024, to protest against "the Russian law" similar to a law that Russia uses to stigmatize independent news media and organizations seen as being at odds with the Kremlin. Thousands of people rallied in Georgia for weeks against the foreign influence bill. Critics compared it to similar legislation Russia uses to stifle dissent, and they worried it would jeopardize Georgia's prospects of joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)
FILE Georgia's billionaire and opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, right, mingles with his supporters during a rally in the center of Georgia's capital Tbilisi, on Sept. 29, 2012. Ivanishvili, a former prime minister, made his fortune in Russia. His Georgian Dream party promised to restore civil rights, "reset" relations with Moscow and pursue membership in the European Union. It has, however, been accused of creeping authoritarianism, especially not pursuing reforms necessary to ensure juridical independence. (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze, File)
FILE Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, right, and Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, left, leave a podium after celebration of the Independence Day in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 26, 2024. Zourabichvili, Georgia's pro-Western president at odds with the ruling party, vetoed the divisive foreign influence bill after it was passed by the parliament. Georgian Dream – the ruling party – had enough votes to override her veto. The bill was signed into law early June. (Irakli Gedenidze/Pool Photo via AP, File)