Georgian revenue service denies reports of import of sanctioned petrol
While acknowledging the import of petrol in a single 60-tonne railway carriage, the service said the company in question - not named for confidentiality reasons - had not been under sanctions related to Russia’s war in Ukraine at the time of customs registration. Photo: wikimapia.org
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The revenue service of the ministry of finance of Georgia on Monday responded to media reports alleging an import to Georgia of thousands of tonnes of petrol from a company sanctioned under the international community’s measures against Russia, rejecting the claims as “disinformation”.
The state body said it had reviewed a customs document submitted by Lasha Parulava, the executive director of the Anti-corruption Movement non-governmental organisation, that showed import of petrol from a Russian company via railway on Monday.
While acknowledging the import of petrol in a single 60-tonne railway carriage, the service said the company in question - not named for confidentiality reasons - had not been under sanctions related to Russia’s war in Ukraine at the time of customs registration.
It also said customs procedures for the product had been carried out “in accordance with legislation”, and said “with full responsibility” that the reports “alleging import of 81,000 tonnes of sanctioned oil products to Georgia from Russia serves to mislead the public and discredit the agency".
A freight ship, sailing under the Russian flag, entered the Black Sea Poti port on Friday and is not subject to international sanctions, the Georgian revenue service announced on Saturday.
The Georgian revenue service on Thursday announced that the railway wagons loaded with 1,972 tons of fuel oil had entered the Gardabani customs checkpoint on Monday and had been screened, confirming that the international sanctions, imposed on Russia and Belarus since the start of the war in Ukraine, did not apply to either the shipment or the owner company.
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Customs authorities in the Black Sea port of Batumi have rejected services to a freight ship sailing under the Turkish flag and carrying oil products from a company hit by the international community’s sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the Revenue Service of Georgia announced on Monday.
Georgian Railway on Thursday dismissed reports by opposition-minded TV channels on an alleged presence of railway freight subject to international sanctions on Russia in Georgia’s western city of Batumi as “fake”.
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Georgia's Revenue Service on Friday "categorically and with full responsibility" declared the media report on Wednesday that cited the Czech Ambassador as saying Czech-made products had been exported from Georgia to Russia in a circumvention of international sanctions as "false information".
The Czech Embassy in Georgia on Friday said Petr Mikyska, the Czech Ambassador to Georgia, valued the “principled” position of Georgian authorities on the international sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and “detailed” that his comments had been disseminated “out of context” by the media about Czech-made products exported to Russia via Georgia.
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