{"id":20196,"date":"2025-04-18T18:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eprc.ge\/?post_type=news_p_type&#038;p=20196"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:54:10","slug":"the-suspension-of-visa-liberasation-serves-the-interests-of-ivanishvili-and-russia-not-the-georgian-people","status":"publish","type":"news_p_type","link":"https:\/\/eprc.ge\/en\/news\/the-suspension-of-visa-liberasation-serves-the-interests-of-ivanishvili-and-russia-not-the-georgian-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The Suspension of Visa Liberasation Serves the Interests of Ivanishvili and Russia Not the Georgian People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We respond to the recent statements made by Ivanishvili\u2019s high-ranking officials\u2014including representatives of the illegitimate parliament and government\u2014regarding the potential suspension of visa-free travel for Georgian citizens to the European Union. These statements are outrageous and reveal that Georgian Dream itself recognizes that their actions and policies have placed the country\u2019s European future in serious jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>We, the Georgian civil society, will do everything to prevent this from happening. Visa liberalization is a victory of the Georgian people! It is the result of their relentless struggle against Russia, years of hard work, and a firm choice in favor of the West\u2014not of a government that today works against Georgia\u2019s future and in favor of Russia\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20197,"template":"","websites":[19],"news_categories":[272],"class_list":["post-20196","news_p_type","type-news_p_type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","websites-eprc","news_categories-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Suspension of Visa Liberasation Serves the Interests of Ivanishvili and Russia Not the Georgian People &bull; EPRC.ge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eprc.ge\/en\/news\/the-suspension-of-visa-liberasation-serves-the-interests-of-ivanishvili-and-russia-not-the-georgian-people\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Suspension of Visa Liberasation Serves the Interests of Ivanishvili and Russia Not the Georgian People &bull; EPRC.ge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We respond to the recent statements made by Ivanishvili\u2019s high-ranking officials\u2014including representatives of the illegitimate parliament and government\u2014regarding the potential suspension of visa-free travel for Georgian citizens to the European Union. 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