Russian delegation denied entry to Georgia for violating Law on Occupied Territories
The three individuals are the latest to have violated the Law on Occupied Territories. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A group of Russian citizens were denied entry to Georgia for violating the country's Law on Occupied Territories, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia told reporters earlier today.
The ministry also revealed identities of the three individuals who were refused entry.
They were named as Viktor Litovkin, military reporter of the state information agency ITAR-TASS, NTV channel journalist Aleksandr Tokarev and Gennadiy Bordyugov, President of the International Council of the Association of Public Researchers.
The refusal for their entry to Georgia was issued as Georgia's capital is hosting a media conference financed by the fund of Russia's president Vladimir Putin.
The Interior Ministry reported 363 cases of violation of the Law on Occupied Territories between 2009-2016.
Georgia adopted the law following the 2008 war with Russia, imposing various restrictions for those visiting the country’s occupied territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) without permission from the government of Georgia.
The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) repots based on Georgia’s Interior Ministry that between 2009 and 2016 363 cases of violation of Georgia’s Law on Occupied Territories were registered.
The Georgian Justice Ministry has submitted a suit against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. The suit accuses Russia of being responsible for several murders and multiple human rights violations in the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).