The News in Brief
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Prepared by Messenger Staff
Georgian Choir to Perform in Sistine Chapel
For the first time in the history of Georgia, the choir of the Trinity Cathedral is holding a concert at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Ancient samples of Georgian folklore, "You are the vineyard" and many other works will be performed at the event.
The concert will be attended by the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Tea Tsulukiani. The Patriarch expressed his desire to hold the concert and the event is supported by the Ministry of Culture.
Inviting musicians from other countries to the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica is a rare occurrence.
On June 29, the team of the Trinity Cathedral will perform Ave Maria written by Ilia II.
Giuli Alasania Says Saakashvili’s Feeling Weak
According to Giuli Alasania, third president Mikheil Saakashvili’s mother, he still feels weak and finds it difficult to maintain balance.
As she told reporters, she provided Saakashvili with information about her visit to Brussels.
As Giuli Alasania notes, Brussels knows everything about the current situation in Georgia.
“He obviously has a weakness because as soon as he got up, he nearly fell down. In terms of health, he seems to be in the same situation. I informed him of my visit to Brussels, of course, because we had a very busy few days. There are a group of people who are actively working on the issue of Georgia. In some cases, they knew our situation better than we did. Their faces lit up as soon as they heard my son's name,” Alasania said.
Ship with Sanctioned Cargo Leaves Batumi Port
The Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia disseminated information regarding the ship entering the port of Batumi and the sanctioned cargo it was carrying. According to the service, a Turkish-flagged ship entered the port of Batumi on June 26. During the inspection, it was found that neither the ship nor its owner were included in the list of international sanctions, ‘therefore, the ship was allowed to enter the port of Georgia, which was clarified by the Maritime Transport Agency’.
As a result of the inspection, it was determined that the goods placed on the ship were cargo to be sent to Turkey, which was also an oil product sent from a company under international sanctions. Hence, the shipowner was refused to unload the cargo and carry out further customs procedures.
“At the moment, the Turkish-flagged ship is leaving the port of Batumi with cargo,” the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance said.
On June 27, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Levan Davitashvili confirmed in a comment to the media in the government administration that a ship whose cargo belonged to a sanctioned company entered the port of Batumi, but the Georgian customs authorities did not approve the cargo.
Initially, information about the entry of a Turkish-flagged ship into the port of Batumi, which was allegedly loaded with 30,000 tons of vacuum gas from the Russian company Rosneft, was released on Sunday, according to its own sources, by the Main Channel TV. The link to the website of the publication ‘Ukrainskaya Pravda’ was shared on his telegram channel by the chairman of the Rada faction ‘People's Servant’ Davit Arakhamia, according to the Georgian authorities in helping Russia circumvent the sanction.
“When this information became available to the United States, we heard from Georgian officials that this was not true. But, over time, more and more objective information confirming my words emerges. Data on the transfers and accounts of pro-government MPs and ministers from Georgia abroad will soon be available, and, of course, on Mr. Ivanishvili's connections, which are deeply involved in the country sponsoring terrorism to circumvent sanctions. But I want to disappoint those who decided to make money on the deaths of Ukrainians.”
In response to a media question, Davitashvili said Arakhamia's accusations were insulting to Georgian citizens, irresponsible, and unfounded. According to him, such accusations have not been substantiated by any facts.
The Main Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has twice reported that Russia is trying to circumvent sanctions through Georgia.
On May 1, they announced that Russia was allegedly in talks with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan to re-export Russian products to the international market. Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russian agents were setting up smuggling channels through Georgian territory to circumvent sanctions.
The Ministry of Finance of Georgia called the statements of the Ukrainian authorities on April 4 ‘a completely unfounded and absurd accusation’. On May 2, Andriy Kasyanov, the Charge d'Affaires of Ukraine, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in connection with the above-mentioned information.
Georgian Choir to Perform in Sistine Chapel
For the first time in the history of Georgia, the choir of the Trinity Cathedral is holding a concert at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Ancient samples of Georgian folklore, "You are the vineyard" and many other works will be performed at the event.
The concert will be attended by the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Tea Tsulukiani. The Patriarch expressed his desire to hold the concert and the event is supported by the Ministry of Culture.
Inviting musicians from other countries to the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica is a rare occurrence.
On June 29, the team of the Trinity Cathedral will perform Ave Maria written by Ilia II.
Giuli Alasania Says Saakashvili’s Feeling Weak
According to Giuli Alasania, third president Mikheil Saakashvili’s mother, he still feels weak and finds it difficult to maintain balance.
As she told reporters, she provided Saakashvili with information about her visit to Brussels.
As Giuli Alasania notes, Brussels knows everything about the current situation in Georgia.
“He obviously has a weakness because as soon as he got up, he nearly fell down. In terms of health, he seems to be in the same situation. I informed him of my visit to Brussels, of course, because we had a very busy few days. There are a group of people who are actively working on the issue of Georgia. In some cases, they knew our situation better than we did. Their faces lit up as soon as they heard my son's name,” Alasania said.
Ship with Sanctioned Cargo Leaves Batumi Port
The Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia disseminated information regarding the ship entering the port of Batumi and the sanctioned cargo it was carrying. According to the service, a Turkish-flagged ship entered the port of Batumi on June 26. During the inspection, it was found that neither the ship nor its owner were included in the list of international sanctions, ‘therefore, the ship was allowed to enter the port of Georgia, which was clarified by the Maritime Transport Agency’.
As a result of the inspection, it was determined that the goods placed on the ship were cargo to be sent to Turkey, which was also an oil product sent from a company under international sanctions. Hence, the shipowner was refused to unload the cargo and carry out further customs procedures.
“At the moment, the Turkish-flagged ship is leaving the port of Batumi with cargo,” the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance said.
On June 27, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Levan Davitashvili confirmed in a comment to the media in the government administration that a ship whose cargo belonged to a sanctioned company entered the port of Batumi, but the Georgian customs authorities did not approve the cargo.
Initially, information about the entry of a Turkish-flagged ship into the port of Batumi, which was allegedly loaded with 30,000 tons of vacuum gas from the Russian company Rosneft, was released on Sunday, according to its own sources, by the Main Channel TV. The link to the website of the publication ‘Ukrainskaya Pravda’ was shared on his telegram channel by the chairman of the Rada faction ‘People's Servant’ Davit Arakhamia, according to the Georgian authorities in helping Russia circumvent the sanction.
“When this information became available to the United States, we heard from Georgian officials that this was not true. But, over time, more and more objective information confirming my words emerges. Data on the transfers and accounts of pro-government MPs and ministers from Georgia abroad will soon be available, and, of course, on Mr. Ivanishvili's connections, which are deeply involved in the country sponsoring terrorism to circumvent sanctions. But I want to disappoint those who decided to make money on the deaths of Ukrainians.”
In response to a media question, Davitashvili said Arakhamia's accusations were insulting to Georgian citizens, irresponsible, and unfounded. According to him, such accusations have not been substantiated by any facts.
The Main Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has twice reported that Russia is trying to circumvent sanctions through Georgia.
On May 1, they announced that Russia was allegedly in talks with Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan to re-export Russian products to the international market. Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russian agents were setting up smuggling channels through Georgian territory to circumvent sanctions.
The Ministry of Finance of Georgia called the statements of the Ukrainian authorities on April 4 ‘a completely unfounded and absurd accusation’. On May 2, Andriy Kasyanov, the Charge d'Affaires of Ukraine, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in connection with the above-mentioned information.