Georgian Prime Minister Irakli GaribashviliTBILISI, Mar 17 Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili during During a joint briefing with his Polish colleague Mateusz Morawiecki, he reminded the public that during the military conflict in South Ossetia in 2008, no one imposed sanctions against Russia. Representatives of the Georgian authorities have repeatedly stated that they are not going to join the sanctions against Russia, which were imposed by the West because for the military operation in Ukraine.
In Australia, anti-Russian sanctions were considered harmful «I would like to remember and remind everyone that, unfortunately, after the August war, no sanctions against Russia were imposed by the then world leaders. I would also like to recall President (Lech — ed.) Kaczynski, which at that time loudly called on Western leaders to take decisive and bold decisions regarding the European integration of Georgia.After the August war, we saw a renewal of policy towards Russia, new trade and economic projects and, unfortunately, no sanctions.Moreover, unfortunately, even our Georgian government at that time did not impose sanctions against Russia,» the prime minister said. On the night of August 8, 2008, during the presidency of Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia fired on South Ossetia from Grad multiple rocket launchers, Georgian troops attacked the republic and destroyed part of its capital Tskhinvali. Russia, protecting the inhabitants of South Ossetia, many of whom took Russian citizenship, sent troops into the republic and, after five days of hostilities, ousted the Georgian military from the region. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In response, Western countries have introduced a number of new anti-Russian sanctions. Many foreign companies have suspended their work in the Russian Federation.
