Ukraine Eyes Imposing Sanctions on Georgia

The Ukrainian president announced that the country was “preparing a legal response and working with the Europeans and other partners on concrete measures”.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Wednesday that he has instructed the country's officials to prepare sanctions against the Georgian government in response to its crackdown on pro-European Union protests.

Zelenskyy stressed that what is happening in Georgia “is not only a problem of one nation and not only of our region,” The Caspian Post reports, citing Georgian media. 

He noted: “It is simply shameful what they are doing to their own people. And when Moscow praises this government in Georgia, it clearly shows for whom they are working in Tbilisi and for whom they are dispersing the protests. Definitely not for Georgia.”

The Ukrainian president announced that the country was “preparing a legal response and working with the Europeans and other partners on concrete measures” and that he had already ordered “the preparation of appropriate sanctions decisions.”