Russian border guards kidnap farmer near occupied Tskhinvali
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Russian occupant forces have kidnapped a 60-year-old man at the so-called Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) that separates Georgia with de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Amiran Durglishvili went out walking with his cattle this morning and has not been seen for several hours. He was herding his cattle in the Bershveti village in the eastern Gori region.
Locals said they were extremely concerned for the safety of Durglishvili. They said they saw the man early this morning but have not seen him or heard any information about him since.
The locals stressed that Russian occupying forces frequently kidnapped Georgians from the village, from the territory currently controlled by Georgia, and accused them of illegally crossing the border.
The detainees were eventually released after paying a fine.
No one witnessed the kidnapping of Durglishvili.
Official figures released by local non-governmental organisation Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) revealed more than 2,000 Georgian citizens have been detained by Russian border guards in the past six years.
Between 2009 and 2015 the agency said 2,117 Georgian citizens had been kidnapped at ABL’s near Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and Abkhazia regions. The data, based on statistics provided by Georgia’s Interior Ministry, claimed every single detainee had been charged with illegally crossing the so-called border.
IDFI said 1,416 people had been detained at the ABL with Abkhazia while 701 were detained at the Tskhinvali ABL.
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