Sanctions imposed on OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen send a stark message to the international community — that “The Georgian Nightmare” is intimidating diplomats, suppressing free voices, and turning away from European values, Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, wrote on X.
Zurabishvili claimed that Europe must not ignore these alarming developments.
“The fines against the OSCE Chair are a signal to the world: Georgian Nightmare intimidates diplomats, silences citizens, and abandons European principles. Citizens’ voices are suppressed, democratic norms ignored, and freedom is under attack. Europe must not look away!” Zurabishvili stated.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs fined the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, GEL 5,000 for allegedly “blocking the road” on Rustaveli Avenue.
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