The United States has imposed financial sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and honorary chairman of Georgia’s ruling political party, Georgian Dream. Ivanishvili, a former prime minister and a billionaire,

The United States on Friday sanctioned Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, a former prime minister widely seen as the country's de facto leader, saying he was undermining democracy and allowing Russia to benefit.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, accusing him and the ruling party he founded of “undermining” the country’s “democratic and Euro-Atlantic future” to benefit Russia.