2 Georgian citizens detained near breakaway Tskhinvali released
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Two Georgian citizens who were illegally detained near the occupation line between Georgia and its Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) late on Wednesday have been released.
Ioseb Gundiashvili, 40, and David Gerkeuli, 30, were released from Tskhinvali detention facility after paying a fine.
Some local sources said the two were detained on territory controlled by Georgia when they arrived at a local church near the occupation line, while others claimed they were kidnaped from Russia-controlled territories in Tskhinvali.
Calling it the "state border”, the occupation forces often detain those who intentionally or unintentionally cross the occupation line at locations that do not have barbed-wire fencing.
Detainees are then usually released after their families pay a fine.
It is not always obvious where the occupation line has been demarcated, because the Russian occupation forces keep changing the so-called borders.
This process is informally referred to as "creeping occupation”.
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