US sanctions the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party

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US sanctions former Georgia prime minister amid political turmoil

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, accusing him and the ruling party he founded of “undermining” the country’s “democratic and Euro-Atlantic future” to benefit Russia.  “Ivanishvili and Georgian Dream’s actions have eroded democratic institutions, enabled human rights abuses, and curbed the exercise of fundamental freedoms in Georgia,”…

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Rasa Juknevičienė, a member of the European Parliament from Lithuania and former Minister of Defense, is one of the EP's permanent rapporteurs on Georgia. DW talked to her about the Russian Federation's influence on Georgian politics, the law on “foreign agents” and the EU's mistakes.

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Since the parliamentary elections in October, masses of people have taken to the streets in Georgia. Billionaire Bidzina Ivanshvili, founder of the controversial ruling party, is at the centre of the recent tensions.

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US sanctions Georgian Dream founder Ivanishvili

The United States has imposed sanctions on Georgia's former prime minister and billionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina ...

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The United States has imposed sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the richest citizen of Georgia. US Secretary of State Blinken accuses him of undermining democracy to the benefit of Russia. Blinken also holds Ivanishvili's party responsible for the "continued and violent repression" of citizens, protesters, journalists, human rights activists and opposition members. For example, during…

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The US State Department announced sanctions on Friday against oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, considered the de facto leader of Georgia, on the grounds that he "undermines the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future" of this country - shaken by pro-European demonstrations...