In another lengthy social media post on May 4, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili again attacks the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the European Endowment for Democracy (EED), and U.S. and European organizations, accusing them of lacking transparency and funding what he called a violent local NGO, the Shame Movement, and, indirectly, political parties. Papuashvili
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Speaker Again Lashes Out at NED, EED, MEPs for ‘Non-transparency,’ Funding ‘Radicalism,’ Political Parties
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