Today, the US State Department imposed sanctions on specific individuals and companies in connection with the ongoing war in Ukraine. Among them Otar Partskhaladze, the former Prosecutor General of Georgia.
In the statement of the State Department, Fartskhaladze is mentioned as a Georgian-Russian oligarch who works in the Russian economy management consulting sector. According to the statement, FSB officer Alexander Onishenko helped Partskhaladze get a Russian passport and possibly Russian citizenship.
The Department is also designating a Georgian-Russian oligarch and a Russian Intelligence Services officer to further address the Russian Federation’s malign influence abroad.
- OTAR ANZOROVICH PARTSKHALADZE (PARTSKHALADZE) is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) for operating or having operated in the management consulting sector of the Russian Federation economy. PARTSKHALADZE is a Georgian-Russian oligarch.
- ALEKSANDR VLADIMIROVICH ONISHCHENKO (ONISHCHENKO) is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation. ONISHCHENKO is an officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
FSB Officer ONISHCHENKO likely assisted his associate PARTSKHALADZE in obtaining a Russian passport and possibly Russian citizenship. PARTSKHALADZE has fully taken on a Russian identity and routinely travels to Russia. ONISHCHENKO and the FSB have leveraged PARTSKHALADZE to influence Georgian society and politics for the benefit of Russia. PARTSKHALADZE has reportedly personally profited from his FSB connection.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i), the following two entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the management consulting sector of the Russian Federation economy. They are both Russia-based management consulting companies owned 50 percent by PARTSKHALADZE:
- LLC MOSCOW BUSINESS BROKERAGE
- LLC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CORPORATION
