Georgia

Participation of Georgia in the Russo-Ukrainian war

1 March 2022 - The Georgian opposition is demanding the resignation of the prime minister over Ukraine's position

3 March 2022 - The Prime Minister of Georgia has signed an application to join the EU

3 March 2022 - Following Ukraine and Georgia, Moldova is applying to join the EU

5 March 2022 - The President of Georgia was not allowed to speak in parliament about Ukraine

6 March 2022 - Russian payment cards are accepted by Turkey, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, South Ossetia and Abkhazia (the latter two are unrecognized separatist regions of Georgia)

6 March 2022 - Russia is lifting sanctions on Georgia amid Tbilisi's reluctance to support Ukraine

6 March 2022 - The Georgian government lied to the Ukrainian embassy, ​​which did not negotiate with Russia during the war in Ukraine

7 March 2022 - The Georgian government has stated that the war is not an obstacle to the export of dairy products to Russia

8 March 2022 - The former Minister of Defense of Georgia came to fight side by side with the Ukrainians

19 March 2022 - Georgia's ruling party has criticized the opposition for inviting Zelensky to parliament

25 March 2022 - CNN: Russia is transferring its troops from Georgia to Ukraine

1 April 2022 - The President of Georgia stated that the country has already joined the sanctions against Russia

1 April 2022 - Russia has sent troops from Georgia to Ukraine due to unexpected losses - British intelligence

3 April 2022 - The Georgian prime minister has ruled out the possibility of Tbilisi joining sanctions against Russia

14 April 2022 - Georgian parliamentarians go to Ukraine, but without the largest opposition party

15 April 2022 - Georgia has said it is not helping Russia circumvent Western sanctions

16 April 2022 - A delegation of the Georgian Parliament has arrived in Kyiv

16 April 2022 - The speaker and members of the Georgian parliament visited Bucha and Irpin

16 July 2022 - Georgia received the status of operational partner of NATO in the operation in the Mediterranean

18 September 2022 - The President of Georgia condemned Russia's atrocities in Izyum and demanded punishment

4 December 2022 - Five Georgian volunteers died in Ukraine: they were surrounded near Bakhmut

5 December 2022 - The Prime Minister of Georgia accused the opposition of sending volunteers to Ukraine

8 December 2022 - The EU confirmed the non-recognition of Russian passports issued in the occupied territories of Ukraine and Georgia

9 December 2022 - The leader of the ruling party of Georgia avoided answering whether the Russian Federation is a common enemy of Kyiv and Tbilisi

21 December 2022 - The Government of Georgia is handing over 25 powerful generator sets to Ukraine

26 December 2022 - The Prime Minister of Georgia considers what the government is doing to support Ukraine to be sufficient

15 January 2023 - The government of Georgia explained the refusal to provide Ukraine with air defense equipment due to the unwillingness to be drawn into the war

5 February 2023 - The EU warned Georgia against resuming air traffic with Russia against the background of the ruling party's statements

9 February 2023 - The leader of the ruling party of Georgia saw the "predominance of the Russian Federation in Ukraine", which surprised the president

20 February 2023 - The delegation of the Parliament of Georgia refused to visit Kyiv on the anniversary of the invasion of the Russian Federation

25 February 2023 - Two large-scale actions of solidarity with Ukraine took place in Georgia on the anniversary of the Great War

12 March 2023 - The Prime Minister of Georgia accused Ukrainian politicians of interfering in the affairs of Georgia

20 March 2023 - The EU called for sanctions against pro-Russian oligarchs in Moldova and Georgia

1 April 2023 - 40 soldiers originally from Georgia have already died in the ranks of the defense forces of Ukraine

14 April 2023 - Russians took the first place among foreigners for buying housing in Georgia

25 April 2023 - The Georgian ruling party has lost almost half of its support in a year

10 May 2023 - Russia canceled the visa regime for citizens of Georgia

10 May 2023 - The USA threatened Georgia with sanctions in case of direct flights to Russia

10 May 2023 - The Georgian government supported Putin's decision to resume flights between the countries

11 May 2023 - The Georgian authorities do not plan to impose direct sanctions against Russia in the future

11 May 2023 - The EU called on Georgia to comply with sanctions against Russian flights

15 May 2023 - Georgia issued the first permit to an airline from the Russian Federation for direct flights

18 May 2023 - The head of the Ukrainian embassy is leaving Georgia

19 May 2023 - Georgia allowed the flights of the Russian Airline, which operated flights to Crimea

20 May 2023 - The first direct flight from Georgia in four years landed in the Russian Federation

20 May 2023 - The president of Georgia called for a boycott of the airline that started flying to Russia

21 May 2023 - Georgian Airways, which flies to Russia, has banned the president of Georgia from flying on its planes

24 May 2023 - Stoltenberg: NATO expects Georgia to comply with international sanctions against Russia

25 May 2023 - Georgian Airways launches transit flights for Russians via Tbilisi to Europe

26 May 2023 - Zelensky congratulated Georgia on Independence Day

29 May 2023 - The Georgian authorities explained the rapprochement with the Russian Federation as a "strategic policy of patience"

29 May 2023 - The EU ambassadors announced a démarche to Georgia due to the resumption of air traffic with the Russian Federation

30 May 2023 - The Prime Minister of Georgia stated that the Russian Federation started the war because of Ukraine's desire to join NATO

3 June 2023 - They protested against the pro-Russian policy of the authorities under the Parliament of Georgia, and there are detainees

6 June 2023 - The Prime Minister of Georgia called the blowing up of the Kakhovskaya HPP one of the consequences of the war unleashed by the Russian Federation

8 June 2023 - The Georgian authorities claim that they are not helping the Russian Federation to circumvent sanctions

15 June 2023 - The President of Georgia: I am convinced that Ukraine will win the war by fully restoring its sovereignty

20 June 2023 - The EU believes that Georgia has fulfilled 3 out of 12 recommendations for candidate status

30 June 2023 - The Prime Minister of Georgia called Orban a true friend

30 June 2023 - The bodies of two more volunteers who died in the ranks of the defense forces of Ukraine were brought to Georgia

4 July 2023 - Because of Saakashvili's condition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine asked the Georgian ambassador to go to Tbilisi

4 July 2023 - The ruling party of Georgia took offense at Ukraine because of the actions taken against Saakashvili

4 July 2023 - The President of Moldova called on Georgia to allow Saakashvili treatment abroad

6 July 2023 - The Georgian ambassador left Ukraine amid the situation with Saakashvili

12 July 2023 - The Netherlands promised an additional 8 million for military support to Georgia, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina

15 July 2023 - Ukrainians and Russians remain among the most numerous asylum seekers in Georgia

2 August 2023 - Georgia has limited the export and re-export of American cars to Russia

7 August 2023 - Blinken reminded the Russian Federation of its obligations towards Georgia

8 August 2023 - Prime Minister of Georgia to the 15th anniversary of the Russian attack: We want to peacefully reunite the country

27 August 2023 - For 10 days, Georgia did not let in 6 citizens of Ukraine, whom the Russians took from the Kherson region

13 September 2023 - The US Embassy has denied reports of plans to create a military base in Georgia

26 September 2023 - Georgia stopped re-exporting cars from the EU to Russia and Belarus

14 October 2023 - The ruling party of Georgia did not support the PACE resolution on recognizing Russia as a dictatorship

26 October 2023 - For half a month, Georgia did not let in the Ukrainians who were forcibly removed from Kherson by the Russian occupiers

9 November 2023 - The Georgian winemaking group Bolero was classified as an international sponsor of the war

4 December 2023 - In Georgia, a new record for the purchase of real estate by Russians

10 December 2023 - Georgia once again denied assistance in circumventing sanctions against the Russian Federation

14 December 2023 - Georgia was granted the status of a candidate for EU membership

3 January 2024 - The President of Georgia expressed solidarity with Ukraine after the massive missile attack by the Russian Federation

18 January 2024 - Georgia topped the list of countries where Russians massively open businesses

11 March 2024 - Georgia demands that Kyiv hand over Saakashvili's associates in order to normalize relations

1 May 2024 - The European Parliament called to deprive Georgia of the status of a candidate for EU membership

2 May 2024 - The European Parliament announced a new call to withdraw Georgia's EU candidate status

2 May 2024 - The Prime Minister of Georgia refused to visit the USA

6 June 2024 - The United States announced sanctions against the representatives of the Georgian authorities due to the anti-Western turn

19 June 2024 - Ferry connection with Georgia is being restored in Ukraine

5 July 2024 - The US has postponed joint military exercises with Georgia amid deteriorating relations

12 July 2024 - For the first time since 2008, the decision of the NATO summit did not mention the accession of Georgia

18 July 2024 - The Prime Minister of Georgia called the end of the war in Ukraine a prerequisite for improving relations with the EU

21 July 2024 - President of Latvia: The Georgian authorities have gone too far

21 July 2024 - The Russian Federation has declared its readiness to help the ruling party of Georgia retain power

31 July 2024 - The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia stated that he does not consider Iran to be an accomplice of the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine

31 July 2024 - The US freezes $95 million in aid to Georgia due to anti-democratic actions

7 August 2024 - NATO called on Russia to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of Georgia

14 September 2024 - The head of the ruling party of Georgia wants to apologize to the Ossetians for the 2008 war

16 September 2024 - The USA imposed sanctions on officials and leaders of the pro-Russian movement in Georgia

25 September 2024 - The Georgian delegation did not support Biden's statement to the UN about Ukraine

26 September 2024 - The ruling party of Georgia launched an advertisement in which it scares the consequences of the Russian aggression in Ukraine

27 September 2024 - The Prime Minister of Georgia is using the war in Ukraine in the pre-election campaign

29 September 2024 - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov offers to help Georgia reconcile with Abkhazia and North Ossetia

1 October 2024 - The authorities of Georgia have spoken about reconciliation with the Russian Federation, in Moscow they say that this will be without the withdrawal of troops

10 October 2024 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly urged the Georgian authorities not to manipulate the topic of war in the election campaign

18 October 2024 - The EU leaders announced the suspension of Georgia's accession to the union

22 October 2024 - Ivanishvili: Ukraine and Georgia were not accepted into NATO in order to preserve them as a living force for the war with the Russian Federation

26 October 2024 - The ruling party in Georgia announced its victory in the parliamentary elections

26 October 2024 - Orbán congratulated the Georgian authorities on the victory, without waiting for the official results

26 October 2024 - The President of Georgia announces the victory of the opposition

26 October 2024 - The Georgian opposition does not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections and announces protests

27 October 2024 - The international mission of ENEMO announced significant violations in the elections in Georgia

27 October 2024 - Top parliamentarians from Europe and Canada called on the EU not to recognize the results of the elections in Georgia

27 October 2024 - President of Georgia: We do not recognize the results of the "Russian elections"

27 October 2024 - Orban gathered in Georgia, where protests are brewing due to the elections

27 October 2024 - The President of Lithuania: The results of the elections in Georgia are incompatible with rapprochement with the EU

27 October 2024 - The head of the Polish Foreign Ministry: Europe should take the side of the Georgian people

27 October 2024 - The EU distanced itself from Orban's trip to Georgia

29 October 2024 - The US has warned Georgia of possible consequences if the government does not change course

29 October 2024 - In Sweden, they announced that they were stopping cooperation with the Georgian authorities

29 October 2024 - Orban: The Georgian Dream party did not allow the country to turn into a second Ukraine

1 November 2024 - The Georgian authorities refused to fulfill the condition for the resumption of traffic to the EU

11 November 2024 - The Georgian authorities ignored the visit of the EU delegation and called them pests

28 November 2024 - Georgia's pro-Russian authorities have imposed a four-year moratorium on EU accession negotiations

28 November 2024 - The president of Georgia accused the authorities of a coup after refusing to move to the EU

30 November 2024 - The USA has suspended its strategic partnership with Georgia

5 December 2024 - Ukraine introduced sanctions against the Georgian authorities

7 December 2024 - Zelenskyi met with the president of Georgia and urged not to let the country surrender to Putin

27 January 2025 - The EU has officially suspended visa waiver for diplomats and Georgia officials

29 January 2025 - Georgia went out of PACE but remains in the Council of Europe: waiting for blackmail stops

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