US sanctions Georgia's ruling party founder for pro-Russia ties
US sanctions the founder of Georgia's ruling political party
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.
Georgian ex-footballer turned far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to be inaugurated on Sunday as Tbilisi's next figurehead president, after a controversial election process denounced as "illegitimate" by the current pro-EU leader.
A European official declared that “the engagement shown on election day” should be considered evidence “of a system that is still growing and evolving, with a democratic vitality under construction.” Overall,
Salome Zourabichvili's term is due to end on Sunday, but she says she is her country's last legitimate institution.
On the eastern edge of the Black Sea, the Georgian president is refusing to step down, as demonstrations have gone on for weeks in support of Georgia joining the European Union.
Russia has begun providing emergency electricity supplies to Georgia’s Moscow-backed separatist region of Abkhazia, the region’s Energy and Transport Ministry announced, reported TASS.
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Russia will start humanitarian supplies of electricity to Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region backed by Moscow, from Monday, Russian news agencies quoted local officials as saying. Electricity shortages,
Georgia’s outgoing president wants the European Union to press her country’s pro-Russia government to hold a new election.
Georgia’s new president was not directly elected after a change to the constitution, and was the only person on the ballot.
Mikheil Kavelashvili’s victory is still challenged by the opposition who claim the election was rigged with Russia’s help. “There is no legitimate parliament and thus no legitimate election,” said Georgia’s outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili.
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