Time in Tbilisi: March 29, 2024 01:04
A majority of Georgian citizens agree with the Government’s decision not to join economic sanctions against Russia following the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine last month, a poll by the Georgian Opinion Research Business International (GORBI) shows.
The polling agency asked its respondents the question: “The Georgian Dream Government did not join the economic sanctions against Russia. Do you think this step of the Government is right or wrong?”, with 64.5 percent answering Yes, 30.4 percent calling the decision wrong and 5.2 percent responding by saying they were not sure, or refused to answer.
Of the respondents who identified as supporters of the United National Movement opposition party, 25 percent thought that the Government had done the right thing by not joining the sanctions.
Commissioned by TV Imedi, the survey was conducted GORBI between March 10-16 across Georgia, involving 1,008 respondents interviewed by telephone. The agency said its margin of error was 3%.
On March 16, the ruling Georgian Dream party head Irakli Kobakhidze said the Government’s stance on not imposing sanctions against Russia remained unchanged and “no one could change” it.
In his comments, Kobakhidze stressed by imposing economic sanctions against Russia the Government would not be able to “harm” it, but would put its own country and population “under the heaviest blow”.
Georgia "long ago" imposed the restrictions that different countries are now placing on Russia, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili told reporters on Friday.
The Georgian Government has supported Ukraine “at all political levels” and co-sponsored resolutions in aid of the country amid the Russian invasion, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday.
The Georgian Government’s stance on not imposing sanctions against Russia remains unchanged and “no one can change” it, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party head Irakli Kobakhidze said on Wednesday.
The Georgian Parliament has handed over a humanitarian aid package to the Red Cross Society for forwarding the cargo to people in Ukraine affected by the war on the weekend.
The “order” from the “vast majority” of our population to the Government is “peace", Vladimer Chachibaia, the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Security, said on Monday in response to a poll conducted by the Georgian Opinion Research Business International (GORBI).
The Georgian Government is in solidarity with Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, but first it must think about its own citizens and avoid causing them damage as much as possible, Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said on Monday.
A “vast majority” of Georgian citizens share views with the Government on steps taken to ensure national interests on the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday in comments to the survey by Georgian Opinion Research Business International (GORBI).
The international community must do “its best” to end the war in Ukraine “as soon as possible”, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday.
Zbigniew Rau, the Chairman-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, will visit Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia for meetings with officials of the states starting today, the OSCE said.
British Ambassador to Georgia Mark Clayton said Georgia was “playing its part” in the package of international sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, in an interview released by Interpressnews agency on Monday.
Uncertainty over macroeconomic trends is high amid the Russia-Ukraine war, but Georgia's financial system is ready to withstand stress, the National Bank of Georgia said on Wednesday.
More than 90 operations have been suspended by the Georgian customs service in the country on suspicion of violations of sanctions imposed by the international community against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, Lasha Khutsishvili, the Georgian Finance Minister said on Tuesday.
A majority of Georgian citizens agree with the Government’s decision not to join economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the international community following its invasion of Ukraine, a new survey has shown.
A majority of Georgian citizens agree with the policy of the ruling Georgian Dream party Government on not involving the country in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, a new survey has shown.
A new survey by the Georgian Opinion Research Business International has shown that 52 percent of citizens would vote for the ruling Georgian Dream party if Parliamentary elections were held today, while 23 percent would cast their votes for the opposition United National Movement party.
A public opinion poll published on Thursday by the Tbilisi-based Georgian Opinion Research Business International has put the approval rating of the ruling Georgian Dream party at 53 percent.
A public opinion poll published on Thursday by the Tbilisi-based Georgian Opinion Research Business International showed 66 percent of respondents agreed with the Georgian Government's decision not to join economic sanctions imposed against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday slammed the Georgian representation of the United States-based International Republican Institute for its “history of publishing incorrect election polls” over the past 12 years, after the release of the IRI’s new survey that put GD approval in Georgia at 25 percent ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.