The UK announced sanctions against two Georgian businessmen over their support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, and two tankers carrying Russian oil.
“The UK has announced new sanctions targeting Georgia-linked supporters of Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine,” the foreign ministry said, adding to the hundreds of sanctions it has announced against supporters of the war since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
“As Russia’s war footing weakens, the Kremlin is increasingly looking to proxies in third countries to support its war and propaganda operations, including in Georgia,” the ministry’s statement said.
Two tankers have been targeted for transporting Russian oil, which is under western sanctions, to a Georgian port.
Also sanctioned are Georgian politician and media mogul Levan Vasadze, whom London accuses of peddling pro-Russian disinformation, and businessman and former prosecutor general of Georgia Otar Partskhaladze, who the UK said had “extensive links to Russia.”
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