Street named after Russian President Putin in occupied Tskhinvali as a ‘gift’ on his 67th birthday
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 67th birthday in the Siberian mountains.Photo: getty images.
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One of the central streets in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region has been named after Russian President Vladimir Putin on his 67th birthday yesterday to show “the respect and gratitude of the people of South Ossetia (Tskhinvali) to him,” Ekho Kavkaza reports.
Local de facto authorities say that the street “is the largest and the most beautiful” in Tskhinvali which will soon house a new university and a stadium.
Previously it was named Moscow Street.
Russia recognised the two Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali as independent states after the war with Georgia back in 2008.
Only Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria have done the same so far.
The rest of the international community says that the regions are occupied by Russia and urge the country to withdraw its forces from historic Georgian lands.
The Georgian State Security (SSS) says that the occupying forces are carrying out illegal works at two locations within Tbilisi-administered territory, near the village of Chorchana, in the Khashuri municipality. "The actions are destructive and carry high threats, making the situation tense on the ground and complicating the lives of locals,” SSS told the IPN news agency.
The de facto government of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region is clearing a road to a new ‘police checkpoint’ in the village of Tsnelisi, Kareli municipality of Georgia, at an altitude of 944 meters.
The Georgian State Security Service has denied the reports of the de facto Tskhinvali government on the opening of a new police checkpoint at the village of Perevi, in Sachkhere municipality of western Georgia, which is located near the occupation line.
De facto official of the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, Egor Kochiev said the Georgian police checkpoint in the village of Chorchana in Khashuri Municipality, close to Tskhinvali should be dismantled by 6 a.m. Friday, August 30.
The de facto government of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) has accused Tbilisi of triggering tension, stating that the central government of Georgia “renewed the construction of a police-post” in the village of Perevi, Sachkhere municipality,on the Tbilisi-controlled territory, on October 28.