Occupants kidnap Georgian citizen near occupation line
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The Russia-controlled border guards have abducted a 28-year-old Georgian citizen Paata Arakelov in the village of Akhrisi, Gori municipality, near the occupation line with the country’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Radio Liberty says.
The media outlet reports that the government of Georgia has already informed the European Union Monitoring Mission over the illegal detention for crossing of so-called border with Tskhinvali.
The Russia-controlled border guards kidnap Georgian citizens quite often and in most cases release them after paying a fine.
The fine amounts to 2,000 Russian rubles (31 USD).
The Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali were recognised as independent states by Russia after the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
Priest and shepherd detained in Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia)
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.
The EU monitoring mission has been informed about the incident and the hot line is enacted, the State Security Service said today.
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Hundreds of Georgian’s living in Gali district of occupied Abkhazia are being prevented from voting in Georgia’s 2014 municipal elections.
The Russia-controlled border guards have released a Georgian citizen Paata Arakelov, who was abducted for crossing of so-called border with the Georgian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on July 6.
Georgian citizen Paata Arakelov has been detained by so-called border guards in Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region three times in an attempt to visit his Ossetian girlfriend, writes a RFE/RL journalist.
Two Georgian citizens, Soso Shukakidze and Giorgi Shamanauri, have been kidnapped by Russia-controlled so-called border guards from the village Okami in Kaspi municipality today.
Two Georgian citizens arrested by the Russia-controller so-called border guards near the Lomisi monastery in Akhalgori municipality have been released. The State Security Service has confirmed that the two detainees have been freed.