🚬🌿 This week, the Georgian parliament rejected a bill to decriminalize the possession of marijuana.
Let's dispel all the myths and legends about marijuana use, especially since similar questions arise in social networks.
❗️According to the law of 30.11.2018, a person will not be imprisoned or fined for smoking marijuana, but...only if it happens on a private territory that is not a public place and there are no minors nearby.
⛔️ Bans in Georgia on this topic:
The use of marijuana is prohibited on the street, in cafes, restaurants, parks, squares, stadiums, transport, cinemas, educational institutions, as well as in adjacent territories is punishable by a fine of 800-1200 lari (300-400 $).
📍 the use of marijuana is prohibited for persons under the age of 21. If you have not reached this age, then a fine of 500 to 1500 lari (170-500 $) is expected for smoking.
Driving under the influence of marijuana is prohibited and is punishable by a fine or a one-year imprisonment.
📍for popularization or advertising of drugs, including marijuana, individuals are fined $ 2000, legal entities $ 7,500.
📍acquisition, storage, transportation – all this is a crime. From 5 to 70 grams is a small amount (there is no threat of prison), and more than 70 grams are large and there will definitely be imprisonment.
📍cultivation of up to 151 grams of cannabis does not threaten imprisonment
ℹ️ In Georgia, every third prisoner is serving time for offenses related to the drug sphere, so in any case, I recommend that anyone interested carefully study the laws.

🇬🇪🇷🇺 Among 44739 residence permits issued in Georgia over the past 27 months, Russian citizens account for 14.3%.
In total, from 2020 to March 2022, 6,396 Russians received a residence permit.
2020: 2386
2021: 3476
I quarter 2022: 534
ℹ️ Among the issued documents, permanent residence and a residence permit for the purpose of family unification prevail.

📊 In South Ossetia will host the second round of presidential elections: the current head Anatoly Bibilov and Alan Gagloev entered it.
The Foreign Ministries of Georgia, Lithuania and Latvia called the elections in the partially recognized republic, which were held with a turnout of 82%, illegal and unenforceable.
ℹ️ Let me remind you that South Ossetia is the territory of Georgia occupied by Russia, which has been recognized as independent by only five countries of the world (Russia, Venezuela, Syria, Nicaragua and Nauru).

👩🏼‍⚕️🏥 From April 11, the medical prenoscription in Georgia will be issued only under the name of the active substance.
Medicines will be required to prescribe only under non-proprietary names. Pharmacies themselves will offer customers several alternatives, from which the citizen will decide which manufacturer and at what price to buy.
By switching to a generic system, the state is trying to eliminate unethical marketing practices when a doctor prescribes a specific brand of medicine to the patient in exchange for personal interest.
❗️From April 11, changes have also been made to the rules for the prenoscription of psychotropic drugs, they will be issued only in electronic form.

❗️Today is a very busy day: meetings, business, filming interviews, reception of refugees from Ukraine, calls, documents.
Therefore, in the evening there will be a general post with the main news about Georgia for the day.

🥇🇺🇦 "Georgian Post" ranks first among countries in providing humanitarian supplies to Ukraine.
According to Ukrposhta, 400 tons of humanitarian aid were delivered from Georgian cities during the war. According to the ministry, Georgia is also one of the 14 countries from where the shipment of such goods is free.
📌 How to contact volunteers collecting aid from Georgia to Ukraine:
📍 @volunteerstbilisi_bot
📍 @dopomogaGE_bot
📍Tbilisi: Paliashvili 60
📍Batumi: Parnavaz Mepe 46

🇬🇪 12.04. - The main news about Georgia by this moment.
📍 the country has received a questionnaire on the application for membership in the EU, according to President Salome Zurabishvili, Georgia should be grateful to Ukraine for receiving
it
📍Prime Minister Garibashvili said that there will be no second front and the country will not be drawn into a war
📍Georgia does not recognize the "elections" in the occupied Tskhinvali region
📍 the 41st Tbilisi State School named after Hrushevsky has opened a sector of education in the Ukrainian language, now 130 children from Ukraine are studying there
📍Georgia ranks first among 191 countries in delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine by mail
📍 the Prime Minister urged oil importers to adjust fuel
prices
📍46 call centers have been identified in the country that may be involved in illegal activities
📍 392 new cases of coronavirus
have been recorded
📍 on April 12-13, cold and humid air masses are expected to spread in Georgia, a significant decrease air temperatures, precipitation.

👮🏻🚕 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported the arrest of a metropolitan taxi driver for extortion.
As follows from the statement of the police, the driver took two foreign citizens from the airport, but on arrival in the city he demanded from them instead of 40, as much as 500 lari. After their fair refusal, he took them to the forest near the Gombori pass (about 40 minutes from Tbilisi), where he continued to demand money. Only after the tourists called their relatives and friends, the taxi driver dropped off them from the car, and then disappeared.

⛷🇬🇪🏂 Bakuriani will claim the noscript of the best winter resort in Georgia.
The government signed an 82 million contract ($26 million 700 thousand) for the construction of infrastructure and improvement of engineering equipment. According to information published on the public procurement website, artificial snow systems will be built in Bakuriani, roads will be reconstructed, work will be carried out to improve the transport system and water supply.
ℹ️ Let me remind you that in March 2023, the 2023 Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships will be held in Bakuriani and Gudauri.

🇷🇺🇬🇪🇺🇦The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case against the commander of the "Georgian Legion" Mamuka Mamulashvili and "other persons".
They are accused of "recruiting mercenaries and participating in an armed conflict", as well as "inciting hatred towards Russian servicemen", committed in public, coupled with threats of violence.

🇬🇪🇺🇦🇵🇱🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 13 April 2022: The presidents of Poland and the Baltic states arrived in Ukraine - this has already happened 14 years ago in the history of Georgia.
On August 12, 2008, while Russian tanks were standing a few kilometers from Tbilisi, a TU-154 with the leaders of Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states landed in the country. After the negotiations, they took part in a rally near the parliament, which was convened in support of the unity of Georgia.
«Our visit is an expression of solidarity of our five states with the Georgian people who have become victims of aggression," Lech Kaczynski said, "we know that today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after tomorrow the Baltic states, and then, perhaps, my country." His words, as we can see, turned out to be prophetic.

🇺🇦 Education in schools in the Ukrainian language has officially opened in Georgia.
The Ukrainian sector was initiated by Prime Minister Garibashvili, the Ministry of Education and the local Diaspora. A school, teachers were found, a list of students was compiled, and yesterday, they resumed their classes, interrupted by the war. At the moment, 130 schoolchildren are studying at the Tbilisi school, which bears the name of Hrushevsky (he studied in Tiflis).
Now an entry is open for junior, middle and high school students (tuition is free): the entry form is here.
🇺🇦There are approximately 4,500 children from Ukraine on the territory of Georgia.

🏘📈 The cost of renting real estate in Tbilisi has increased markedly compared to last year.
According to an updated TBC Capital study, in March 2022, the number of real estate transactions increased by 22.8% compared to the same period last year and by 18.6% compared to February. The reason for the sharp increase in demand is the increase in the number of migrants from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
📊 Real estate rental prices in March were 48.4% higher than last year and 20.1% higher than in February 2022.

🙈🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian border guards on the border with Georgia have damaged the passport of a citizen of Ukraine.
According to eyewitnesses, at the Verkhny Lars land border checkpoint, a Russian border guard officer wrote the phrase "Glory to Russia" in the Ukrainian passport of a girl who was passing control.
ℹ️ From Russia to Georgia by land, according to my information from drivers, Georgian employees and volunteers, from 30 to 100 Ukrainians arrive per day. Earlier, the Russian army allowed them to leave their hometowns only towards the Russian Federation.

🛫🇬🇪 Next week it will be known whether Georgian Airways will be able to continue its activities.
The fact is that due to a debt of 176 million lari (~57 million dollars), since December 31, 2021, it has been in rehabilitation mode, and an agreement with the state and the main creditor to continue its activities has not yet been reached, which casts doubt on its ability to work fully.

🇬🇪 April 14 is the Mother Tongue Day in Georgia.
It was established in memory of the events of April 1978. 44 years ago, mass demonstrations in defense of the Georgian language took place in Tbilisi, thanks to which it retained the status of the state language in the Constitution of the Georgian SSR.
👅 The modern Georgian language has 17 dialects, it consists of 33 letters, there are no uppercase and uppercase letters, there are no feminine and masculine genders.
❗️ For those coming to Georgia, the difficulties of learning the language are associated with several factors:
✔️ the circle is often English speaking
✔️ even if you learned a lot of words and phrases, it will be difficult to understand without months of practice, what you say
✔️ Georgian is used in few places in the world, so people don't spend energy to study, unless you are planning to live a long time in the country
✔️ no concept of the kind familiar pronouns "he, she, it": all replace the word "is"
✔️ there are only 5 vowels (ა — a, ე — e, ი — and ო — o, უ - y )
✔️ in the Georgian language there are two letters T, K and P, which are pronounced differently
✔️ complex verbs (their conjugation and tenses, this is a separate topic)
✔️ the language is very fast and emotional, with a lot of guttural and hoarse sounds
✔️the accents are not pronounced clearly, the words are pronounced fast and like singing
✔️ a lot of difficult-to-reproduce words that are not even pronounced approximately in other languages (gvprtskvnis - გვფრცქვნის - peel off)
❗️It is possible and absolutely necessary to learn the Georgian language if you live in Georgia. At least at a basic level, it will always help you and come in handy.

🚘 A new MicroEV car sharing has been launched in Tbilisi!
You can take a ride on Qari today. Until this day, their main project was mopeds, but now there are cars.
📱Download the app and start testing right now: qari.co/qari_app
🎉 Enter the promo code: LYC2VJ
and get 15 minutes of the trip as a gift.

👮🏻‍♂🇬🇪 News from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
In January-February of this year, the number of crimes, compared to last year, decreased by 8% - 43.7% out of 8,700 were solved.
📍 the accountant of the Gori City Hall transferred budget funds to an online casino account, the amount of damage amounted to about 47 thousand dollars
📍 two people were detained for connection with the thieves' world
📍 a suspect was detained in the transfer of the state land plot in the Abastumani area, according to forged documents, to private ownership
📍the sentence for premeditated murder rises from 7 to 10 years in prison
📍the evidence base is changing, now records from mobile phones and gadgets can be submitted to the court as evidence (surprisingly, this was previously considered in a special order!)
📍 the body of a teenager who disappeared 18 years ago
has been found in Gori
📍 46 suspicious call centers have been identified in Georgia, a working group of representatives of several departments has been established on their activities.

🏔🎿 The situation in the ski resorts of Georgia.
While in Tbilisi and Batumi in the afternoon the temperature has already warmed up to +28 degrees, snow is still lying in the mountains and even pouring abundantly.
What is the current situation with cable cars and ski resorts:
📍 Gudauri: the season has been extended until 23.04., so you have a chance to ride
📍 Svaneti and Bakuriani: cable cars are off, the season is closed
📍 Goderzi: there is no information, but most likely too, everything is closed

🇺🇦🇬🇪 A delegation of eight deputies, headed by the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili, will go to Ukraine.
After long negotiations, it will include both representatives of the ruling party and the opposition. The delegation is expected to leave for Ukraine tomorrow.