De facto Tskhinvali to increase fines for ‘illegally crossing the border’
The press release by the de facto parliament of Tskhinvali says that the bill initiating the increase of fines for “illegally crossing the border” will be discussed in the coming days. Photo: N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The de facto parliament of Georgia’s eastern occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region is about to increase fines for ‘illegally crossing the border’ with Georgia.
The changes have already been confirmed by the de facto government of Tskhinvali, initiating the increase of the fine from 30 USD to 300 USD.
The press release of the de facto parliament of Tskhinvali says that the “bill” was pushed forward as the existing amount of the fine turned out to be ineffective.
The Georgian State Security Service says that after the Russia-Georgia 2008 war, between 2008 and 2017, the Russia-controlled border guards have illegally detained 1,077 Georgian citizens for illegally crossing the border.
The money the occupied Tskhinvali budget received due to the detentions amounted to more than 116,000 GEL [more than 42,000 USD] between 2008 and 2017.
Two people kidnapped near the occupation line between Georgia and its Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have been released today. As one of the detainees Eldar Gundishvili said, he was detained while he was grazing his cattle in his own yard.
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 has been released from illegal detention near the occupation line separating the Russian occupied region of Abkhazia from the rest of Georgia. Paata Rogava and his father Archil are from the conflict-affected village of Rike in Zugdidi municipality, close to the occupation line.
An artistic display connecting remains of the Berlin Wall with the ongoing separation of Georgia’s occupied regions from the rest of the country hosted viewers outside the German capital on Saturday.
One Georgian citizen has been detained, while another has been sent to illegal pretrial detention by the Russian-controlled de facto government of Tskhinvali, the Georgian State Security Service reports.