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Mariam Lashkhi: NGO Nation - Who Speaks for Georgia?
Mariam Lashkhi is a representative of the Georgian Dream Party and a member of the Georgian Parliament.
A strong civil society is required as a balance to state power in a healthy democracy. However, what happens when civil society is represented by "non-governmental organisations" (NGOs) that are financed by foreign governments with strong geopolitical interests? On the dividing lines of a redivided Europe, Georgia finds itself with thousands of "NGO's" financed by Western governments, many with close cooperation with foreign intelligence services. The government in Georgia passed an NGO…
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