Biden sanctioned the man who owns Georgia. Then he made sure the checks still cleared

On Dec. 27, 2024, the Biden administration’s Treasury Department did two things, and only one of them made the news. First, it sanctioned Bidzina Ivanishvili under Executive Order 14024 — the sanctions architecture built for the Russian Federation. In the U.S. government’s own assessment, Ivanishvili acted on behalf of — and for the benefit of…