Paata Imnadze: Our Russian colleagues are studying bats as well, maybe they pay $5,000

17:56, 17.07.2020

Deputy Director of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Paata Imnadze, said: “coronavirus confirmed that studying bats is very important.”

Imnadze pointed out that “the whole worlds studies the bats.”

“Our Russian colleagues are studying bats as well. Maybe they pay $5,000. We do not really pay $5,000, because if we study bats, we will put them back into their natural habitat,” Imnadze said.

De facto security committee of Russian-occupied South Ossetia said: “the Georgian citizen who ‘illegally crossed the so-called border’ on July 3 was going to catch bats in the villages of Artsevi and Ghromi and sell each of them for $5,000.”

The so-called security committee added that “the Lugar Laboratory has been showing its interest towards bats since 2012.”

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