737 637 GEL has been spent from the budget of the Prime Minister on the activity of the Special Representative for Relations with Russia from November 2012 to February 2019.
NGO "Transparency International Georgia" publishes the survey.According to the report, 116 098 lari was spent on 33 visits. 46,000 GEL in consulting services. The restaurant services in Georgia cost 1 950 GEL. Zurab Abashidze received 491 thousand 444 GEL as remuneration and bonuses.
80 000 145 GEL was spent on the remuneration and bonuses of two freelance employees.So called Karasin-Abashidze"s meetings have been founded since the end of 2012 after the diplomatic relations broke with Russia after the 2008 war. Participants say that discussions in this format are on the issues related to trade, transport, humanitarian and cultural issues.