After spending his days making wine in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, Tsotne Jafaridze returns home to Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, and begins his new routine. He packs goggles, a gas mask and enough water and snacks to last several hours.

Recent protests in the central Asian nation of Georgia have centered on proposed legislation that critics argue would erode media freedom and hinder entrance to the EU.

The ‘Foreign agents’ law, triggering large protests in Tbilisi, isn’t a sole concern, the main issue being related to country’s ‘Russian government’, said Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili in an interview with DW,