Youth gather in protest of Russian occupation
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Students have spent an overnight near the occupation line between Georgia and its Russian occupied region of Tshinvali (South Ossetia).
Under the slogans ‘No to occupation’ and ‘Russia is occupant’, the youth voiced their opposition to Russian occupation forces’ moving the occupation line further into Georgian territory.
The Russian occupation forces moved the occupation line further into Georgian territory yesterday. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
The new so-called border sign has been illegally placed in the village of Bershueti in the Gori Municipality on Monday as a result of which several local farmers’ agricultural lands have now partially fallen beyond the occupation line.
This step saw about 10 more hectares of Georgian soil in the heart of the country now become occupied by Russia.
Making a live chain in front of the illegally placed ‘border sign’, participants of the rally raise the Georgian flag and sang national anthem.
The protest rally has been organised via Facebook and aims at raising public awareness over Russia’s illegal activities on the Georgian territories, in particular, so-called creeping occupation.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has released a statement, saying that the recent reports about furthering the Administrative Boundary Line into the depths of Georgia in the Tskhinvali region is a provocation before the Russian and Georgian envoys meet in Prague today.
The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia has released a statement in connection with the recent illegal installation of a so-called border sign across the occupation line in the breakaway Tskhinvali region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has issued a statement expressing its "deep concern” over the illegal installation of a so-called border sign across the occupation line in the breakaway Tskhinvali region, in the area of Bershueti village, Gori district.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has said that the occupation has always been and still remains the number one issue for the Georgian government.
Georgia’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Kaha Imnadze has discussed the Russian occupation of Georgian regions with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Dondua introduced the diplomatic corps to the recent developments in the Russian occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Georgians residing in Germany have held a demonstration in protest of the Russian creeping occupation of Georgia.
The Border Police of Georgian Interior Ministry has found a farmer who had been lost along the Georgian-Russian state border.
Georgian citizens are coming up with different ideas to spread the message about the Russian occupation in as many different and creative ways as possible.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has released a statement regarding the 10th anniversary of Russia’s illegal 2008 decision to recognise the independence of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
A freshly launched design product enables Georgian citizens to travel across the world with passports telling the story of the ongoing foreign occupation of their country.