"All of Ivanishvili's money is spent on charity... They are sanctioning the People directly"

You will recall that when Mr. Bidzina left politics, he made a statement about his financial resources and said that except for the $200 million left in his family's board, the remaining resources were to be devoted entirely to charitable purposes. It went to the Cartu Foundation and from there spend it on charity. Anyway, any sanction would be a sanction of the people, this man has three billion spent on charity, but look at the situation here, they are directly sanctioning the people... All the money that can come from Switzerland to Georgia is spent directly on charity, these people are directly trying to sanction the people.

- Chairman of Georgian Dream Irakli Kobakhidze told TV station Imedi.