Occupant forces detain Georgian man near de facto Tskhinvali
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Russia-controlled soldiers detained 40-year-old Jumber Bekauri in the village of Arbo today, near the country’s eastern de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Part of the locals say the man visited his relative in the village and he was abducted from the territory currently controlled by Georgia.
Others say the man may have used a wrong route and accidently appeared in the occupied territory, where he was detained and transported to Tskhinvali detention facility.
Yesterday the occupants also detained a Georgian man.
- Russia recognized Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali as independent republics in the wake of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
- Over 130 people were detained by Russia-controlled guards patrolling the occupation line in 2016, based on information released by Georgia’s State Security Service.
- Detainees are usually released after their families pay a fee of about 2,000 rubles (about 90 GEL or $35).
Several Russia-controlled soldiers had detained 35-year-old Georgian citizen Mikheil Giginashvili in the village of Bershueti today, near the country’s eastern de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The detainee, 40-year-old Kakhaber Kisishvili was reportedly detained in the village of Otrevi in the Gori Municipality near the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Russian border guards patrolling the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between the Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia illegally have detained a Georgian man for allegedly crossing the so-called border.
Russian border-guards detained a man for allegedly crossing the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia last night.
The Russian occupation forces deployed in central Georgia have moved the occupation line further into Georgian territory. This step saw about 10 more hectares of Georgian soil in the heart of the country now become occupied by Russia.
Georgia’s Minister of Reconciliation and Civil Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili says that Russia’s actions on the Georgian soil are not a creeping occupation, rather "it is a very open and dynamic occupation process.”
The United States (US) condemns the Russian Federation’s ratification of an agreement with the de-facto leaders in Georgia’s breakaway region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) that envisages the creation of joint military troops between Russia and the occupied region.