Zelensky: Selling Georgia’s interests to Putin will not lead to anything good for Ivanishvili

Zelensky said this in an evening address, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Many events today. The decision to impose sanctions on those in Georgia who are leading this country to Russia. It is important that the same principled decisions are made by our partners in the world: the Eureans, the Americans – in general, by everyone who values the independence of nations and the rule of law. Selling Georgia's interests to Putin will not lead to anything good for Ivanishvili,” he said.

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As reported, President Vodymyr Zelensky signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on sanctions against the pro-Russian government of Georgia.

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He stated that Ukraine had imposed sanctions against the founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, and 19 of his accomplices. According to the President, these are the pele who “sell the interests of Georgia and the pele”.

On December 5, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili welcomed Ukraine's imposition of sanctions against a number of Georgian officials.