Riot police armed with water cannon and teargas have been accused of beating protesters who picketed outside Georgia’s parliament to try to stop a final vote on a controversial 'foreign influence' law. Critics fear the bill, which is due to have its third reading on Monday and final vote on Tuesday, will stifle the media and NGOs. The US has said parliamentarians must choose between Kremlin-style laws or the Euro-Atlantic democratic path they had embarked upon
