According to the statement of the US State Department, the country is planning to impose visa bans on more than 60 Georgians and their family members who are responsible or complicit in undermining democracy in Georgia.

According to the State Department's statement, the sanctioned persons will include representatives of the central and municipal authorities who abused their authority to limit the fundamental freedoms of the Georgian people.

Also, the department explains that they include businessmen involved in corruption, persons promoting the spread of misinformation and violent extremism, law enforcement officers who participated in the beating of protesters, members of parliament who played a crucial role in passing undemocratic legislation and restricting civil society.

"We remain concerned about human rights violations and anti-democratic actions in Georgia. We continue to consider additional retaliatory actions. The United States unequivocally supports the rights of Georgians to assemble, speak, and protest peacefully without fear of violence, intimidation, or suppression," the State Department said in a statement.

In addition, on September 16, the USA imposed sanctions on the head of the Department of Special Tasks, Zviad Kharazishvili, and one of his deputies, Miller Lagazauri, also to the leaders of the far-right "Conservative Movement," aka "Alt-Info", known for their violent calls, Konstantine Morgoshia and Zurab Makharadze.

The State Department notes that all four sanctioned individuals have been added to the "Global Magnitsky List."

The Magnitsky list was created in December 2012 on the basis of the "Magnitsky Act" passed by the US Congress, which was originally intended to punish Russian officials connected to the prosecution and death in prison of anti-corruption Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The law introduced by the US provides for a ban on the issuance of visas to the persons included in the list and the freezing of their accounts. In addition, the law is not limited to Magnitsky's case. Also, it provides punishment for persons involved in other cases of gross violation of human rights.

Georgian Dream’s Mamuka Mdinaradze reacted: "In this situation, sanctions were imposed on several persons. Among them, representatives of "Alt-Info" and police officers and high officials mingled with each other. This is an insult to the police on one side, an insult to the institution on the other side, and on the third side, it is an attempt to influence the choice and will of the Georgian people and an attempt to interfere in the elections through informal influences. What does it mean after they said that we authorized 30 people? - Completely different, elections are coming. As the elections are approaching, there may be more similarities with us and even more intense differences in the form of statements," said Mamuka Mdinaradze.