Month: March 2026

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The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, has reportedly passed a law introducing the death penalty for individuals accused of terrorism-related offenses, AzerNEWS reports.

Georgia National Guard reopens training center in metro Atlanta after renovations  WSB-TV

U.S. sanctions against Ivanishvili

U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the sanctions against Russia introduced by the previous administration of Joe Biden. These sanctions also include Georgia’s informal ruler and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

What do U.S. sanctions against Georgian Dream leader Bidzina Ivanishvili mean?

Asset freezes, financial isolation, reputational risks, and other consequences

What is Executive Order 14024?

Executive Order 14024 is the primary legal instrument under which the United States imposed some of its toughest economic sanctions on Russia. Issued on April 15, 2021, by the Joe Biden administration, it was designed to respond to threats posed by Russia.

The order targets actions by Russia considered significant to U.S. national security.

It is also under this order that financial sanctions were imposed on Bidzina Ivanishvili on December 27, 2024. A formal notification from the U.S. president, along with a report, was submitted to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

What Trump says in his message to Congress

In his official message to Congress, Donald Trump states:

Specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation – in particular, efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections and democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and partners; to engage in and facilitate malicious cyber-enabled activities against the United States and its allies and partners; to foster and use transnational corruption to influence foreign governments; to pursue extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents or journalists; to undermine security in countries and regions important to United States national security; and to violate well-established principles of international law, including respect for the territorial integrity of states—continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.

For this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14024, which was expanded in scope in Executive Order 14066, and with respect to which additional steps were taken in Executive Orders 14039, 14068, 14071, 14114, 14329, and 14384, must continue in effect beyond April 15, 2026.

Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14024.

Proposal to amend US State Department law: “Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition Act”

The amendment bans the US government and its agencies from recognising the Georgian Dream government

What sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili imply

1. Asset freeze (blocking of property)

• All property and property interests of the sanctioned individual within U.S. jurisdiction are fully frozen.
• Any transfer, withdrawal, use, access, or financial transactions involving these assets are prohibited.
  For individuals on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, this is the strictest sanctions regime.

2. Transaction ban

• U.S. citizens and companies are prohibited from conducting transactions with the sanctioned individual or providing services.

3. Risk of secondary sanctions

• Foreign companies that engage with SDN-listed individuals risk facing secondary sanctions themselves and losing access to the U.S. market.

4. Financial isolation

• The sanctioned individual may lose access to U.S. financial institutions and the dollar-based financial system.
• Foreign banks (including Georgian banks) that conduct significant transactions for such individuals risk losing access to U.S. correspondent banking services, effectively cutting them off from the global financial system.

5. Visa and travel restrictions

• The sanctioned individual is typically banned from entering the United States. Similar restrictions may also be imposed by U.S. allies.

6. Reputational damage

• Sanctions severely damage reputation, making any business dealings with the individual a major reputational risk internationally, including in Europe and other jurisdictions that support U.S. sanctions.

News in Georgia

Five individuals have been arrested in connection with an attempted bomb attack near a Bank of America office in Paris, AzerNEWS reports, citing Le Parisien.

Bavaria is set to create an independent regional civil protection agency, becoming the first state in Germany to establish such an institution, AzerNEWS reports.

Nel 2008 l’Occidente rinunciò a garantire la sicurezza di Tbilisi dopo l’invasione di Putin, e ora è un protettorato del Cremlino. Kyjiv sa che la soluzione georgiana non è plausibile, e …

French artificial intelligence company Mistral announced on Monday that it has secured $830 million in debt financing to build a state-of-the-art data center near Paris. The facility, which will operate using 13,800 Nvidia GB300 chips, is expected to become fully operational in the second quarter of 2026, AzerNEWS reports, citing foreign media.