Victory for Georgia Protesters as 'Foreign Agents' Law Is Dropped

After days of violent clashes between police and protesters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, the country's ruling party said it will drop a draft law targeting "foreign agents."

"We saw how the legislation caused some turmoil," the Georgian Dream party said in a statement on Thursday, announcing that it will withdraw the draft legislation that critics say was modeled on similar laws passed in Russia and other post-Soviet states, and which opposition groups feared would undermine the country's efforts to join the European Union and NATO.