Zelensky reported on Ukraine's sanctions against Georgian authorities

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (his term in office ended on 20 May) has signed a decree on imposing sanctions against 19 representatives of the Georgian authorities. The corresponding document was published on the website of the head of state on 5 December.

Among those caught under the restrictions, in particular, were the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, the founder of the Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili, the head of the country's Interior Ministry Vakhtang Gomelauri, the head of the State Security Service Grigol Liluashvili, the mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze, as well as some judges and members of the Georgian Parliament.

"Just signed a decree that gives force to the decision of the SNBO (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. - Ed.) on sanctions. And these are sanctions against <...> part of the authorities in Georgia. This is what happens in international affairs," Zelensky said in a video message in his Telegram channel.

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A day earlier, Zelensky announced that he intends to impose sanctions against the Georgian authorities for the dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi. At the same time, he did not specify what kind of measures he was talking about. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested that the Ukrainian president was obviously "angry that Georgia had found the strength to reject the Ukrainian scenario".

Protests have been going on in Georgia for several days due to the suspension of negotiations on European integration and the opposition's disagreement with the results of the parliamentary election. On December 3, the country's Prime Minister Kobakhidze made a statement that another attempt to organize a revolution in the country based on the Ukrainian Maidan scenario had failed.

Georgian security forces were forced to use tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the center of Tbilisi. On November 30, protesters tried to set fire to the Georgian parliament building and damaged dozens of offices.

Amid these events, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili refused to step down when her term expires at the end of December. In response, Kobakhidze warned that she would be required by law to leave office.