Zelenskyy thanks US for sanctions against Georgian oligarch Ivanishvili
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the United States for sanctions against Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the presidential press service.
"I am grateful to the United States for a strong step in support of the Georgian people and our entire region - sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili. Ivanishvili is the de facto ruler in Tbilisi today and is doing everything to bring Georgia under Putin's control. The loss of any country in our region, the destruction of democracy for one people and the spread of criminal Russian influence pose a danger to the entire region, to all peoples," Zelenskyy wrote in a telegram.
The President called on the leadership of other partner countries to impose the same sanctions against Ivanishvili and his entourage and reminded that Ukraine had also done so.
"We call on all European partners, all partners in the world who value normal life and freedom of peoples, to impose such sanctions against Ivanishvili so that he realizes what the price is for destroying the independence of his country and humiliating the Georgian people. We believe that no mafia will be able to steal the dream of the Georgian people of a free life in the family of free nations, in the European community," Zelenskyy added.
As a reminder, on December 27, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against Ivanishvili.
On December 5, Zelenskyy signed a decree on sanctions against Ivanishvili and 19 other Georgian officials.
