Revenue Service: The media reports that Russia circumvents strict sanctions with the help of Georgia are a complete lie
According to the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance, the media reports that there is true evidence of how Russian citizens can easily solve the problem of taking cars by bypassing the law and that Russia avoids strict sanctions with the help of Georgia are a complete lie.
According to the agency, Georgia fully and firmly adheres to international sanctions enforcement procedures.
"In order to provide objective information to the public, the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia considers it necessary to make an additional statement regarding another fraud prepared regarding the enforcement of sanctions by Georgia and to clarify the following:
On October 14, 2023, the program Saturday Formula of Formula TV company spread disinformation and its dissemination once again served to mislead the audience.
In the said program, it was claimed that they had so-called "true evidence" of how Russian citizens could easily solve the problem of taking cars by bypassing the law and that Russia avoids strict sanctions with the help of Georgia, which is a complete lie and a false propaganda created by the media.
Also, we emphasize that the information provided by the operator of the Revenue Service Information Call Center was disseminated incompletely by the authors and lacks an objective/identifying explanation. During the consultation, the relevant information link was provided by the operator, in order to familiarize with the detailed information.
We declare with full responsibility that Georgia fully and resolutely adheres to the procedures for the enforcement of international sanctions.
In addition, in order not to duplicate the contents of statements/explanations issued by the agency many times, please see the following links:
https://rs.ge/Callcenterguides?Listofsanctionedgoods,personsandcompanies&guid=0641DC256C2915E9E0637A0214AC6D8B
https://rs.ge/NewsArchive?newsId=1062
The Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance, in accordance with the high standard of information dissemination, calls on the media to refrain from providing false facts to the public, which discredit the agency and the country," reads the statement.
