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Georgia, the country just south of Russia's border near the Caucasus Mountains -- a country which Russia invaded in 2008 -- has joined the Western effort to place sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, just over a month after Tblisi said it would not do so.
"We participating in all the international financial sanctions [on Russia], and that really already means something for our financial sector," Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said Thursday . "As of now, we also participate in all international resolutions that are being created to support Ukraine."
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Feb. 25 that the country did not plan to impose sanctions on Russia. Later, the country's National Bank restricted the Georgian branch of VTB bank's ability to serve individuals and borrowers due to Western sanctions on Russia.
The leader of Georgia's Moscow-backed separatist region of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, announced Thursday that the region is looking to hold a referendum on joining Russia. Tblisi called this move "unacceptable."
"I believe that the unification with Russia is our strategic goal," Bibilov told Russian state television. "It is our path. And the South Ossetia will move on that path."
"We participating in all the international financial sanctions [on Russia], and that really already means something for our financial sector," Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said Thursday . "As of now, we also participate in all international resolutions that are being created to support Ukraine."
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Feb. 25 that the country did not plan to impose sanctions on Russia. Later, the country's National Bank restricted the Georgian branch of VTB bank's ability to serve individuals and borrowers due to Western sanctions on Russia.
The leader of Georgia's Moscow-backed separatist region of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, announced Thursday that the region is looking to hold a referendum on joining Russia. Tblisi called this move "unacceptable."
"I believe that the unification with Russia is our strategic goal," Bibilov told Russian state television. "It is our path. And the South Ossetia will move on that path."