The Prosecutor"s Office of Georgia requested information from Tamar Bachaliashvili"s family lawyer Mikheil Ramishvili regarding the photos published by him through one of the TV companies. He has published live photos, which, according to him, were taken from the satellite and reflect the territory of the village Matevani on July 19-22, 2020.

“As the source of the photos are not clear, in particular, the website, satellite, company, country and other identifying data are not specified, Mikheil Ramishvili was offered to indicate the data of a specific satellite and its owner, as well as the source through which the photos were obtained. In order for the investigation to be verified and requested by official international legal sources.

In the investigative agency, Mikheil Ramishvili refused to name the company and the specific source. He submitted only 2 photos and since he did not provide the source of their origin and relevant data, the Prosecutor’s office could not discuss the authenticity of the photos. Therefore, as there is a doubt about the authenticity of the mentioned photos, in order to determine whether there are traces of editing on the mentioned photos, an appropriate examination will be conducted.

It should be noted that in the framework of the investigation about the death of Tamar Bachaliashvili, the Prosecutor’s Office has already applied to the relevant services of partner countries, including the U.S., Europol, as well as companies to find satellite photos of the location of her car: Land info, Digital globe, Skywatch, L3harris technologies, Eosda, Geocento limited, Orbit logic incorporated, Imagesatintl, Slingshotaerospace, Planet.com, European space imaging, Astro digital, ISI, Satellogic, Ursa space imaging, The European space agency, Landviwer, Spymesat, Airbus, Siis.

According to information provided by the relevant services of the U.S., Europol and part of the companies, they do not have satellite photos of the mentioned area during the period of interest of the investigation.

The Prosecutor’s Office continues to work in this direction and aims to find the companies that will be able to provide photos taken from the satellite reflecting the mentioned area from July 18-22”, - reads the statement of the Prosecutor’s Office.