Depardieu spent time in Tbilisi restaurant
23 October, 2013
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Actor Gérard Depardieu visited Georgia on October 21, spending time at the Bread House Restaurant at midday with five accompanying individuals. The initial information had said the French actor spent twenty minutes in the Tbilisi International Airport before departing to Baku.
Depardieu violated Georgia’s Law on Occupied Territories in the summer by visiting Sokhumi after he had received a Russian passport following refusal of his French citizenship.
Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani said on October 22 the Georgian government would study Depardieu’s visit of the previous day before deciding on an appropriate reaction to the matter.

By Tea Bitadze

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