The Baltic countries have agreed to impose sanctions on those responsible for suppressing protests in Georgia.

Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have announced sanctions in response to the violence against peaceful protesters in Georgia.

This was reported on social media platform X by Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.

He stated that the Baltic nations do not welcome "opponents of democracy" and "human rights violators." However, the Estonian Foreign Minister did not specify what sanctions would be imposed and against whom.

The same sentiment was expressed by the head of Lithuania's Foreign Ministry, Gabrielius Landsbergis.

Sanctions have been imposed against the founder of the ruling party "Georgian Dream," Bidzina Ivanishvili, as well as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Vakhtang Gomelauri.

The sanctions list includes the leadership of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs:

• First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Shalva Bedoidze;
• Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Ioseb Chelidze;
• Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alexander Darakhvelidze;
• Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Georgy Butkhuzhi;
• Head of the Special Assignments Department Zviad Kharaishvili (currently under U.S. sanctions);
• Deputy Head of the Special Assignments Department Mileri Lagazauri (currently under U.S. sanctions);
• Deputy Head of the Special Assignments Department Mirza Kezevadze;
• Director of the Patrol Police Department Vazha Siradze;
• Director of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Teimuraz Kupatadze.

According to the Georgian broadcaster Pirveli, the restrictive measures include, among other things, a ban on entry into Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the fourth day of anti-government protests in Georgia ended with a new crackdown and arrests. In Tbilisi, one of the leaders of the opposition coalition "For Changes," Zurab Girchi Japaridze, was detained.