Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili released from Tskhinvali prison

Well-known Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, who was sentenced to one year and nine months in Tskhinvali prison, was released today.

Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, detained by the occupying forces on November 9, has been released”, the State Security Service of Georgia reported today.

Currently he is on the Georgian central Government-controlled territory", it  further noted.

Press office of de facto President of occupied Tskhinvali ​​​​​​announced that doctor Gaprindashvili was pardoned by Anatoly Bibilov.

• De facto president on abducted Georgian doctor: ‘sentence is fair, the crime must be punished’

Gaprindashvili was abducted on November 9 “for deliberately crossing the border” between the Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali and the rest of Georgia.

However, Gaprindashvilli refused to admit to “crossing the border”, saying that Tskhinvali is part of Georgia and is now occupied by Russia.