The Conversation U.S.<p>Georgia's "foreign agent" law, modeled after Russia's, has been used to persecute opposition and arrest dissidents in just one year. The ruling party is replicating Putin's playbook, but at a faster pace. <a href="https://buff.ly/LcC6nZ0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/LcC6nZ0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authoritarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a></p>