In recent years, watchdogs have criticised what they say are close ties between the ruling Georgian Dream party and a ‘clan’ inside the judiciary.
The sanctions targeted several key officials in charge of police and internal security, but did not extend to Georgian Dream politicians.
The UK has announced it has suspended a number dialogue formats with Georgia, citing the government’s anti-democratic actions. In an interview with the Georgian news agency IPN published on Tuesday, the British Ambassador to Georgia, Gareth Ward, said the move came in response to democratic backsliding and anti-Western rhetoric by the Georgian government. He said the UK had frozen the Wardrop Dialogue, an annual British-Georgian strategic dialogue format, cancelled high-level talks betwee
