Pro-Russian radicals in Georgia burn EU flag
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Pro-Russian and anti-gay radicals in Georgia burned the EU flag and tearing it from the flagpole in front of the parliament building. The police didn’t react it at all. The group behind the incident was the conservative Alt-Info, which also participated in the attack on journalists on July 5, 2021.
Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened an administrative case into the incident. A statement released by the department says the police will identify perpetrators and fine them. The Ministry of Internal Affairs also called on citizenry not to go beyond freedom of assembly and expression.
The action was condemned by Dmitry Khundadze, one of the authors of the law on foreign agents. According to him, this is not in the interests of the country or society.
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