
Republican donor with business interests in Georgia lobbying against passage of MEGOBARI Act
Texas oil executive Steve Nicandros, CEO of Frontera Industries, said he is worried the act’s passage would harm his own business.

Texas oil executive Steve Nicandros, CEO of Frontera Industries, said he is worried the act’s passage would harm his own business.

Earlier, Georgia’s security chief Mamuka Mdinaradze claimed the US was funding ‘radicals’ in Georgia through its embassy in Thailand.

While new Chinese funding has appeared to reinvigorate the long-stalled and controversial deep-sea port in Anaklia, scepticism remains.

Mamuka Mdinaradze, the head of Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG), also claimed the embassy has staff in Georgia for ‘revolutionary purposes’.

Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili said the murder of US far-right commentator Charlie Kirk was ‘linked to his conservative beliefs’.

As human rights and democracy deteriorate in Georgia, the MEGOBARI Act offers the US a chance to respond. But one Senator stands in the way.

The bill was passed by the US House of Representatives in May.