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Occupants release illegally detained Georgian teenager

The witnesses say the Russian occupants detained the Rogavas at the Enguri River, near Russian occupied region of Georgia - Abkhazia. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 02 Jul 2018 - 17:10, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Russia-controlled Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) leadership has released a 16-year-old Georgian teenager detained for so-called illegally crossing the border on June 30, near the occupation line with the village of Tchvrinisi, the Georgian State Security Service confirmed.

The teenager was released after his family paid a fine amounting to 2,000 Russian rubles (31 USD).

The Russia-controlled border guards kidnap Georgian citizens quite often and in most cases release them after paying a fine.

The Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali were recognised as independent states by Russia after the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.

Two kidnappings near occupation line
Priest and shepherd detained in Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia)

05 Jun 2018

Ioane Okhanashvili is the pastor of Saint Georgia’s Church in the village Dirbi, located a few kilometres away from the South Ossetian ABL.

The news about the other detention came from the village of Tsitelubani. The shepherd Teimuraz Dudashvili was taken by force to Tskhinvali by Russian border guards, according to his neighbours.

Occupants arrest Georgian citizen near Tskhinvali

25 May 2018

The EU monitoring mission has been informed about the incident and the hot line is enacted, the State Security Service said today.

Georgian citizen detained in Gali

20 May 2018

The detainee is from Kutaisi and occupants have arrested him for so-called illegally crossing the so called border at the river Enguri. The information was released by the de-facto interior ministry of Abkhazia and later confirmed by the State Security Service of Georgia.

Occupants detain Georgian citizen near breakaway Tskhinvali

26 Apr 2018

Russian-controlled border guards have detained 50-year-old Georgian citizen Sergo Darbaidze near the occupation line with Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.

Occupants detain Georgian woman near occupation line

29 Sep 2018

Georgian citizen Maia Otinashvili, 37, has been illegally detained by Russian-backed so called border guards in the village of Khurvaleti, Gori municipality, near the occupation line of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).