A total of GEL 3 478 795 was spent on the Presidential Residence on Atoneli and Avlabari Palace over the last 4 months. InterPressNews requested public information from the Special State Protection Service about the expenses of the two buildings from December 2018 to March 2019.

According to the data, GEL 2 656 514 was spent on the reconstruction of the Atoneli Residence in December 2018. In total, GEL 2 733 720 was spent on the building in 4 months.

According to the document, the utility costs of the palace, which only includes water and power costs, amounted to GEL 34 642. Besides, GEL 10 000 was spent on the technical service of the building each month.

As for the Avlabari residence, the 4-month expenses amounted to GEL 263 616, the main part of which - GEL 262 339 - was spent on the utility costs.

In addition, both buildings are served by one and the same legal entity of public law, the remuneration of which amounted to GEL 113 250 in 4 months.

As for the security-related costs, the sum of salaries of the security guards of the Avlabari residence was GEL 194 780 in 4 months. At the same time, they received supplements, the total sum of which was GEL 44 950. The sum of salaries of the security guards of the Atoneli residence was GEL 91 807 and the amount of supplements was GEL 31 570.