Ukrainian MP warns Georgia's Ivanishvili of strict "de-oligarchization" measures

Davyd Arakhamia, the chairman of the People's Servant faction in the Ukrainian Rada (parliament), has come up with a video address to Georgia's former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and the Georgian people regarding the recent Western remarks about the elimination of oligarchic rule in the South Caucasus country, as well as the publication of the sanctions list by the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Agency.

"I thought about recording this video for a few days because I was expecting a possible hysterical reaction from the Georgian government, which was related to the events I announced earlier in connection with the National Anti-Corruption Agency. This agency is established with the participation of international partners and it is the main agency for formulating sanctions for the United States of America and the European Union," he said, Interpress.Ge informs.

"On my website, I have placed a recommendation to impose sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili and his close entourage, specifically on those businessmen who finance his regime. There are no members of his political circle in this package yet. This is not a coincidence, because at this stage we think that we should only act against the oligarch and his funding sources, which the European Commission has already talked about in the form of a recommendation.

Everyone knows these people in Georgia. They can see a list of these people on the Internet. Georgian media has already published this list. This is the first stage, after the verification of which these documents will be sent to the international sanctions group. The members of the group will review these documents and the participating countries will make a decision unanimously," Arakhamia said.

He pledged to work for helping the Georgian people de-oligarchize the country.

According to media reports, the National Anti-Corruption Agency of Ukraine included the following persons in the list of persons to be sanctioned: Bidzina Ivanishvili, Aleksandre Ivanishvili, Ketevan Kharaidze, Giorgi Kapanadze, Ucha Mamatsashvili, Tite Mamatsashvili, Irakli Rukhadze, Aleksei Poltavchenko, Vano Chkhartishvili, Davit Khidasheli, Sulkhan Papashvili, Dimitri Korzhev, Dimitri Troitsky, Levan Vasadze, and Otar Partskhaladze.