In the Georgian port of Batumi, the police detained several participants of a protest against the arrival of the Astoria Grande cruise ship from Sochi, on which Russians are on board.
This is reported by the Georgian publication "Batumelebi".
Yes, the detention of demonstration participants on July 31 was broadcast live.
According to journalists, two activists were detained by law enforcement officers at the rally.
The demonstration began at midnight in the Batumi harbor, while the police did not allow the protest participants, among them public activists and members of the opposition political party, to enter the place. This was explained by "security considerations".
The protestors tried to break through the police barricades and enter the territory of the port.
Attempts by the liner Astoria Grande to enter the Georgian port
The Georgians gave the first "warm meeting" to the Russian cruise liner on July 27. Then the protest action was supported by the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili.
Earlier, the Georgian mass media reported that Kremlin fans were on board the Astoria Grande liner, which was registered in the Seychelles to circumvent sanctions. In particular, the ex-soloist of the music band Hi-Fi Mitya Fomin, who openly supported the invasion of Ukraine, as well as the Belarusian singer Dmytro Koldun, who performed in the occupied part of the Donetsk region in 2018.
