Russia-controlled people kidnap Georgian citizen at occupation line
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Russia-controlled so-called border guards have kidnapped Georgian citizen Vasil Salamashvili today at the occupation line between Georgia and its eastern occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The State Security Service of Georgia confirmed the man was kidnapped for the so-called illegal crossing of border in the village of Sakorintlo, Kaspi municipality, on the territory administered by the central Georgian government.
The European Union Monitoring Mission has been informed over the illegality.
Russians and the representatives of Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali frequently abduct Georgian citizens and release them after paying fine, which amounts to about 30-33 USD.
Abkhazia and Tskhinvali have been recognized as independent republics by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria in the wake of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
The rest of the international community is unanimous that the regions are occupied by Russia.
Relatives living on opposite sides of the occupation line between Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgia will have no chance of celebrating the upcoming New Year together.
High school student from village Chvirnisi located near the occupation line of Tskhinvali has been arrested by the so called border guards.
The Russia-controlled border guards have detained a 94-year-old Georgian citizen Gora Garibashvili in the village of Sakorintlo, located in the Kaspi municipality, on the Tbilisi-administered territory.
A Georgian citizen illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison by an unrecognised court in Georgia's Russian-occupied Abkhazia region has been released today. Giorgi Lukava was handed over to the Georgian authorities earlier today at the Enguri Bridge.
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.