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Eerik-Niiles Kross: We demand immediate targeted sanctions against all officials of the Georgian Dream - Georgia is on the verge of becoming another conquered nation, as Belarus is today and this will be a victory for the “Ruski Mir”

Eerik-Niiles Kross: We demand immediate targeted sanctions against all officials of the Georgian Dream - Georgia is on the verge of becoming another conquered nation, as Belarus is today and this will be a victory for the “Ruski Mir”
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If we do not react to the current situation in Georgia now, we will be complicit - Georgia will become the next conquered nation, as Belarus is today, - Eerik-Niiles Kross said at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

According to him, today Bidzina Ivanishvili and his so-called government are dragging Georgia 180 degrees in the opposite direction from democracy to dictatorship.

“My question is - what else needs to happen in Georgia before we actually get involved and do something? I would also like to ask you to call the events by their proper names. Avoid [the word] ‘democratic backsliding’, this is not ‘democratic backsliding’.

What we are witnessing in real time is a Russian-style, Russian-led and Russian-assisted seizure of Georgia. This is a state seizure before us by an oligarchic, autocratic regime inspired and run by Moscow.

The Georgian people have been peacefully demonstrating under European flags for over 200 days. Not a single one of their demands has been met. Not a single one.

And what have we done? In January, this assembly ratified the mandate of the Georgian delegation with reservations. The four main conditions were: the release of political prisoners, the end of repression of civil society, investigation of police violence and, most importantly, the announcement of new parliamentary elections. And what was the response? The Georgian Dream delegation left the assembly because their “feelings were hurt” and the regime started to escalate.

There is no fulfillment of conditions at all. On the contrary, Bidzina Ivanishvili and his so-called government are dragging Georgia 180 degrees in the opposite direction from democracy to dictatorship…

This week alone, 7 opposition leaders were arrested and sentenced. They were banned from political activity, which means they cannot participate in the elections. Some of them have already been mentioned here and I will name one more - Givi Targamadze. He has already been sentenced in absentia in Belarus, there are charges against him in Russia, he was almost blown up by Kadyrov’s Chechens. He is now facing criminal charges in Georgia.

Let us be completely clear - if we do not react now, we will be complicit. Silence is no longer neutrality, silence is betrayal. Therefore, we demand immediate targeted sanctions against all officials of the Georgian Dream - ministers, parliamentarians, judges, police and their supporters and families. We call on worthy civil servants and police officers to leave their positions and join people…

Georgia is on the verge of becoming another conquered nation, as Belarus is today and was half of Europe before. And this will be a victory for Russia and the “Ruski Mir”, a defeat for Europe and this Assembly”, - said Eerik-Niiles Kross.

Eerik-Niiles Kross: We demand immediate targeted sanctions against all officials of the Georgian Dream - Georgia is on the verge of becoming another conquered nation, as Belarus is today and this will be a victory for the “Ruski Mir”

If we do not react to the current situation in Georgia now, we will be complicit - Georgia will become the next conquered nation, as Belarus is today, - Eerik-Niiles Kross said at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

According to him, today Bidzina Ivanishvili and his so-called government are dragging Georgia 180 degrees in the opposite direction from democracy to dictatorship.

“My question is - what else needs to happen in Georgia before we actually get involved and do something? I would also like to ask you to call the events by their proper names. Avoid [the word] ‘democratic backsliding’, this is not ‘democratic backsliding’.

What we are witnessing in real time is a Russian-style, Russian-led and Russian-assisted seizure of Georgia. This is a state seizure before us by an oligarchic, autocratic regime inspired and run by Moscow.

The Georgian people have been peacefully demonstrating under European flags for over 200 days. Not a single one of their demands has been met. Not a single one.

And what have we done? In January, this assembly ratified the mandate of the Georgian delegation with reservations. The four main conditions were: the release of political prisoners, the end of repression of civil society, investigation of police violence and, most importantly, the announcement of new parliamentary elections. And what was the response? The Georgian Dream delegation left the assembly because their “feelings were hurt” and the regime started to escalate.

There is no fulfillment of conditions at all. On the contrary, Bidzina Ivanishvili and his so-called government are dragging Georgia 180 degrees in the opposite direction from democracy to dictatorship…

This week alone, 7 opposition leaders were arrested and sentenced. They were banned from political activity, which means they cannot participate in the elections. Some of them have already been mentioned here and I will name one more - Givi Targamadze. He has already been sentenced in absentia in Belarus, there are charges against him in Russia, he was almost blown up by Kadyrov’s Chechens. He is now facing criminal charges in Georgia.

Let us be completely clear - if we do not react now, we will be complicit. Silence is no longer neutrality, silence is betrayal. Therefore, we demand immediate targeted sanctions against all officials of the Georgian Dream - ministers, parliamentarians, judges, police and their supporters and families. We call on worthy civil servants and police officers to leave their positions and join people…

Georgia is on the verge of becoming another conquered nation, as Belarus is today and was half of Europe before. And this will be a victory for Russia and the “Ruski Mir”, a defeat for Europe and this Assembly”, - said Eerik-Niiles Kross.

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