The Georgian parliament passed a law to tighten checks on non-governmental organizations that are funded from abroad, despite weeks of mass protests and a presidential veto.
In a final step, lawmakers in Tbilisi overruled a veto by pro-European President Salome Zurabishvili opposing the law on Tuesday.
She said the law, which requires foreign-funded organizations to register as "foreign agents," was "Russian in its essence and spirit."
Georgia's parliament passed the controversial legislation last week despite angry protests in Tbilisi and urging by the European Union and the United States not to adopt it.
Thousands of people have been demonstrating against the law, fearing it threatens Georgia's path to EU membership and the silencing of organizations and media critical of the government - as in Russia, which has passed similar legislation.
But the governing majority approved the law that seeks to limit foreign influence on non-governmental organizations, tightening accountability for aid organizations and independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad.