“ASTORIA GRANDE” (EX: “AIDACARA”) – 800 RUSSIAN PASSENGERS MET WITH PROTESTS IN BATUMI / GEORGIA 31 JULY 2023, AND VESSEL LEFT EARLY

“ASTORIA GRANDE” – Russian passengers met with protests in Batumi / Georgia, 31 July 2023.

Vessel left early, and will not return to Batumi.

Also protests when vessel arrived Batumi, 27 July 2023.

In time of writing (3/8-23), moored in Istanbul / Turkey, and according to marinetraffic, next port will be Sochi in Russia.

For more details – Visit link below, published in vesseltracker.com:

https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Astoria-Grande-9112789.html

Link to video from Batumi, published by “Frankfurter Rundschau”:

https://www.fr.de/politik/unterstuetzer-georgien-russland-kreuzfahrtschiff-ukraine-krieg-proteste-festnahme-putin-92435409.html

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VESSEL DETAILS:

“ASTORIA GRANDE” / Palau flag