De-facto Tskhinvali administration closes crossing-point for Russian presidential elections
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Locals of the Russian occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) cannot use the crossing-point between the breakaway region and the rest of Georgia for a couple of days.
The de-facto administration of Tskhinvali is closing the crossing-point tonight due to the presidential elections in Russia scheduled for tomorrow, March 18.
From 9 pm tonight until 6 am on Monday, people will be temporarily unable to use the crossing-point "due to increased security measures".
- Russia recognised Tskhinvali region and the other Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia as independent countries after a military armed conflict with Georgia in 2008.
- As of today, only four countries recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions as independent republics; these are Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Nauru
- Following the war Russian border guards set up a barbed wire fence spanning 50 km along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and the Tskhinvali region. The arbitrary delineation runs through Georgian villages, and was announced by the Tskhinvali side as the new "state border”.
- Any attempt by Georgian villagers to cross the new "state border” is treated as a violation and the so-called offenders are arrested and taken to a Tskhinvali prison.
The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation has responded to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili’s recent appeal to act jointly to resolve the complicated situation concerning Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili’s death in occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
"I urge the leadership of the Russian Federation to take joint steps and resolve this complicated situation”, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has said. This August marks the 10th anniversary since the war of 2008, which according to PM Kvirikashvili "has left a tremendous mark on the Georgian people’s minds and Georgia-Russia relations”.
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The de-facto leadership of one of Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) has temporarily closed the crossing-points connecting with the rest of Georgia. Crossing-points will be temporarily banned from 6 a.m. June 8 and will be lifted on 6 a.m. June 11.
The de facto security committee of the Russia-occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) announced the temporary closure of its Karzmani crossing point connecting the occupied region with the rest of Georgia.