Georgian detained by Russian-controlled guards at occupation line
Tweet 
Share
Russian-controlled border guards have illegally detained yet another Georgian citizen at the occupation line.
The incident took place today in the village of Rike in the Samegrelo region that borders the Russian-occupied region of Georgia – Abkhazia.
Reports said that the detained man is a local of the village. He was accused of crossing the so-called border, which is an administrative boundary line separating the occupied region from the rest of Georgia.
The Georgian State Security Service said that the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia has already been notified about the fact and communication is underway to free the man.
The illegal detention of Georgian citizens by Russian-controlled guards is a common issue in both Russian-occupied region of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). The detainees are usually freed only after their families pay a ransom.
The most recent case of the illegal detention at the occupation line was reported yesterday.
Yet another Georgian citizen has been illegally detained by Russian-controlled guards today.
The Security Service of Georgia’s eastern occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region has announced engineering works to restore the fire protection zone "at the border with Georgia”.
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.
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.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by Russian-controlled guards has been released today.
The Russian occupation forces continue the illegal process of the so-called borderisation.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by Russian-controlled guards has been released today.
Tbilisi has denounced the latest actions of Russia that saw the illegal process of the so-called borderisation continue in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions.