Occupant forces detain Georgian man near Tskhinvali region
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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.
Locals say the man was abducted when he was grazing village cattle on the pasture currently controlled by Georgia.
The land belongs to the village and Giginashvili did not cross the so-called Administrative Boundary Line,” the locals told the media.
They added the man was taken to Tskhinvali.
- 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).
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).
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Three men detained in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) have been released today.
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Russia-controlled border guards detained four Georgians citizens in the village of Gremiskhevi of the Dusheti region in the east of Georgia today located near the country’s occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Georgia’s Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili says Russia’s border guards claim they detained 14,000 Georgian citizens when "illegally crossing” the so-called Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and its occupied Abkhazia region between 2009 and 2016.
Two men have been detained by so-called border guards near the Russian occupied region of Georgia, Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) today.
Representatives of Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs have met the members of the public movement Power is in Unity, who voiced their initiative over voluntary patrolling at the occupation line in order to protect the local people.
Two men have been detained by so-called border guards near the occupation line separating breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) from the rest of Georgia.
Yet another Georgian citizen has been illegally detained by Russian-controlled guards today.
Russian-controlled border guards have detained illegally yet another Georgian citizen at the occupation line.