Georgia freezes bank accounts of parents of jailed former aide to de facto leader

Move made on same day as Guardian published interview with ex-aide's mother who criticised Bidzina Ivanishvili

The mother of a jailed former aide to Georgia's de facto leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili has had her bank accounts frozen after she publicly accused Ivanishvili of pursuing a vendetta against her son.

The prosecutor's office in Georgia acted against Marina Ramazashvili and her husband, Alexander, on the same day that the Guardian published an interview with her in which she criticised the billionaire and called for help from the west.