Georgia will join all financial sanctions imposed by the West against Russia

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said that Georgia will join all the financial sanctions imposed by the West against Russia, following the announcement by Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky to cease its ambassador to the country.

According to Zurabishvili, Georgia will participate in all international financial sanctions against Russia, which will affect the country's economy, as recorded by Ukrinform news agency and CNN confirmed. In addition, he also assured that Tbilisi currently supports all international resolutions created in support of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky on Thursday dismissed the Georgian ambassador for allegedly failing to do good diplomatic work that, for example, resulted in forceful sanctions against Russia in retaliation for the military offensive that began more than a month ago.

At the end of February, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced that Tbilisi would not join international sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and argued that the decision took into account “the national interests” of the country.

Japan will not pay for its gas purchases from Russia in rubles, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday after beating the country's ultimatum to have its “unfriendly” buyers pay it in local currency or face contract suspension.

“As agreed at the extraordinary meeting of the G7 Energy Ministers, we refuse,” Kishida said Friday when asked about the ruble payment demanded by Moscow in a parliamentary session.

The Japanese Chief Executive, who did not provide any information on the status of its energy contracts with the Russian Federation, pointed out that negotiations on the matter were still open and said that he would take “appropriate measures”, without giving further details.

Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that he would suspend gas supply contracts for the countries he includes in his list of “unfriendly nations”, including Japan, should they not pay for fuel in rubles as of today and do not open an account in the Russian national currency with Gazprombank.

Japan, which has been imposing sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, has been reluctant to take energy measures because of its high dependence on foreign countries and continued to import liquefied natural gas from Russia, which provides it with approximately 8.8% of this fuel, according to official data.

(With information from Europa Press)

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