John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the National Security Council at the White House, reacts to the Russian Law that has already been approved in the second reading in the Parliament of Georgia, noting that the White House is concerned about the threat it can create in terms of suppressing dissent and freedom of speech.

We're deeply concerned about this legislation, what it could do in terms of stifling dissent, in free speech... and more critically what it can do potentially to injuring the vibrant, vibrant, democratic principle of democracy that Georgia is rightly so proud of.... There's a vibrant civil society there, which, as in any country, serves as a critical check on government overreach... we would hate to see anything move forward from a legislative perspective that would impugn that ability inside Georgia or make it harder for the Georgian people to express themselves", - said John Kirby.