The US Treasury sanctioned Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of Georgian Dream, the political party that has turned away from the West in favor of closer ties with Russia.

The United States on Friday sanctioned Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, a former prime minister widely seen as the country's de facto leader, saying he was undermining democracy and allowing Russia to benefit.

WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sanctions on Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili on Friday, accusing the former prime minister of undermining democracy in Georgia and enabling Russia to ben

The US has imposed sanctions on Georgia's former prime minister and billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Ivanishvili and his party had "derailed Georgia's Euro-Atlantic future",

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, accusing him and the ruling party he founded of “undermining” the country’s “democratic and Euro-Atlantic future” to benefit Russia.

The U.S. imposed sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of Georgia's ruling party, on Friday. The reason given was "undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia" in favour of Russia.