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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed new sanctions and visa bans on Georgians on Monday, including financial sanctions on two government officials and two members of the country’s pro ...
Georgia's Interpress news agency quoted Giorgi Vashadze, a leader of the opposition United National Movement, as saying he welcomed sanctions on Ivanishvili. "The people's struggle has its results ...
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 ...
The sanctions imply the freezing of all assets owned by Ivanishvili within the United States. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] United Kingdom : The UK, in coordination with the US, imposed sanctions on five senior Georgian officials for violent attacks on journalists and protesters.
The designation of Ivanishvili is the latest in a series of sanctions the U.S. has slapped on Georgian politicians, lawmakers and others this year. Those sanctions include freezes on assets and properties those targeted may have in U.S. jurisdictions or that might enter U.S. jurisdictions as well as travel bans on the targets and members of ...
The US Department of State imposed sanctions on members of an influential group of judges, a so-called "Clan", including Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Valerian Tsertsvadze, and Irakli Shengelia. The United States alleged involvement in significant corruption and referred to it as the main challenge to the Georgian justice system. [25]
Since 1990, the use of sanctions by the United States has significantly increased, and since 1998, the US has established economic sanctions on more than 20 countries. [ 89 ] According to Daniel T. Griswold , sanctions failed to change the behavior of sanctioned countries but they have barred American companies from economic opportunities and ...
The EU has potent leverage: visa-free travel for Georgians in the Schengen zone for short visits. The EU has considered temporarily suspending this privilege. On Dec. 12, the U.S. prohibited visa ...