Our report for BBC News (UK) on Tuesday’s dramatic events in Tbilisi — rayhan demytrie Matthew Goddard #georgia

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The morning after the night before. Georgian protesters have covered Parliament with even more expletive-ridden graffiti, referencing “traitors” and “Russian Dream”, instead of Georgian Dream - the name of the ruling party that pushed through the divisive “foreign agents” law

2am in Tbilisi. The energy these protesters have after their parliamentary defeat today… It’s not over for them.

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Expletive-laden graffiti scrawled on Parliament building referencing Vladimir Putin and ruling party Georgian Dream honorary chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili after last night’s protest. Posters plastering walls in the area ⬇️ read “Yes to Europe! No to the Russian law!”

Good morning from Tbilisi. Protests expected to start again soon ahead of today’s plenary session in Parliament at which the ruling party’s ‘foreign agents’ law is expected to pass. Police vans and water cannon waiting in the wings.

Tbilisi earlier tonight - ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the government’s foreign funding bill (also dubbed the ‘foreign agents’ or ‘Russian’ law by its critics) that is all but certain to pass. There’s a tension in the air tonight but protesters aren’t giving up yet, however

Some violence earlier this morning between protesters and police, local news outlet shows. Ruling party GD says 20 people were detained for obstructing law enforcement. They said protesters were violent and insulting police.

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Tbilisi this AM. Protesters have been out here all night. Hundreds remain on all sides of Parliament. Tense standoff with police. Protesters shouting “slaves” and “Russians” as news emerged the foreign funding bill had been approved (third reading) at committee stage this

It’s approaching 2am in Tbilisi and the protests outside Parliament against the Georgian government’s controversial “foreign funding” bill are still going strong - and still peaceful despite fears of a violent crackdown seen previously. The BBC’s rayhan demytrie has been speaking

Water cannon standing by in Tbilisi as protesters gather for another protest against the government’s “foreign funding” bill, poised to go to lawmakers for its third and final reading this week.