This is an international scandal and the investigation must start today - Gotsiridze on the sanction cargo in Batumi

This should be investigated immediately, even if it was the first case or was a regular one, - said the UNM MP Roman Gotsiridze in connection with the tanker with sanctioned Russian oil products in Batumi. According to Gotsiridze, the ship did not need to stop at the Batumi terminal, and the goal was probably to sell the sanctioned product in European countries as a Kazakh cargo:

"This is the subject of an international scandal, and therefore the prosecutor's office should start an investigation today into what is going on and in whose name the cargo went to Georgia. The explination that, it turns out that the tanker had to stop in Batumi, because it had to be emptied, is meaningless, because it was one hour away from Hopa and the port of Trabzon, why was it necessary to put this oil in a warehouse in Batumi? it was necessary to mix oil, and then to sell it as Kazakh or oil from another country on European markets," Gotsiridze said.

A special group made up of the intelligence services of Ukraine, the United States and the European Union is investigating the entry into the port of Batumi of the sanctioned Rosneft oil tanker. This was announced by the leader of the ruling majority in the Ukrainian Rada, David Arakhamia, and once again announced sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili.

"Buying or transporting Russian oil is giving money to terrorists," the Ukrainian president said in a video message. Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not specify whether he was referring to a ship with sanctioned oil from Russia entering the port of Batumi, but due to the fact that this fact became the subject of discussion in Kyiv, the addressee of these hints of the Ukrainian president is probably the Georgian government.