The U.S. Treasury Department and the British Foreign Ministry continue to try to ignite a color revolution in Georgia.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced December 19, that it “ has sanctioned the Minister of Interior Vakhtang Gomelauri and a Deputy Head of the Special Tasks Department, Mirza Kezevadze for brutal crackdowns on media members, opposition figures, and protesters, including during demonstrations throughout 2024…..The two MIA officials are being sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act.”
The official press release of the Treasury Office said that “security forces from the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Special Task Department responded to protests with disproportionate violence to suppress dissent and discourage protesters.” It noted that the Special Task Department “utilized tactics including mass beatings, verbal abuse, and threats of sexual violence… while individuals were in police custody…and at locations outside the protest area.” The Treasury said that its action was “coordinated with the United Kingdom.”
