Georgian citizen from Russia-occupied Khurvaleti attempts suicide after occupation forces forcibly separate him from pregnant wife
Malkhaz Vanishvili is the grandson of Davit Vanishvili, whose house and agricultural lands are divided in two by occupying forces for several years now. Photo: RFE/RL.
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Georgian citizen Malkhaz Vanishvili (Kurtaevi), who lives in the village of Khurvaleti near Russia-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, attempted suicide on January 19 after occupation forces forcibly have separated him from his pregnant wife, Tatia Adikashvili, several months ago.
Barbed wire fences erected by the Russian occupation forces divide the village of Khurvaleti in two, which complicates the daily life of locals. The village has been a hotspot for the detainment of locals and the construction of barbed wire by occupation forces for years.
RFE/RL reports that Malkhaz Vanishvili was transferred to a hospital in occupied Tskhinvali region yesterday after he took pills allegedly with the intention to commit suicide. His life is no longer in danger.
Tamta Adikashvili, a sister of Vanishvili’s wife, told RFE/RL that Malkhaz wanted to visit his pregnant wife on January 19, though border guards did not allow him to cross the so-called border.
Malkhaz Vanishvili is the grandson of Davit Vanishvili, whose house and agricultural lands are divided in two by occupying forces for several years now.
Malkhaz Vanishvili and his grandfather, Davit Vanishvili. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
On April 18, 2020 Malkhaz Vanishvili and his wife were illegally detained by occupying forces.
After the detention they were taken to occupied Tskhinvali.
On December 17, 2020 Tatia Adikashvili was expelled from the occupied territory and since then she has not seen her husband.
Nine-months pregnant Tatia Adikashvili is living in the non-occupied area of the village of Khurvaleti currently.
Malkhaz Vanishvili has both Russian and Georgian citizenship. He was born in the eastern city of Gori and grew up with his grandfather in the village of Khuraleti.
Malkhaz Vanishvili often visited the non-occupied part of Khurvaleti, where he met his future wife, Tatia Adikashvili.
About 10 months ago they got married and moved into the house of Davit Vanishvili to live together.
RFE/RL reports that Malkhaz Vanishvili was constantly threatened by the de facto security service.
In the past Davit Vanishvili had been arrested multiple times and taken to Tskhinvali by Russian border guards for allegedly attempting to cross barbed wire fences which is only a couple of metres beyond his property.
89-year-old Georgian Data Vanishvili, whose house and agricultural lands have been divided in two by occupying forces, is in critical condition and is not being allowed to enter Tbilisi-controlled territory to receive medical assistance, the Voice of America reports.
The occupying forces illegally detained a man and his wife living in the village of Khurvaleti near occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. Malkhaz Vanishvili, 30, is the grandson of Davit Vanishvili, whose house and agricultural lands are divided in two by occupying forces for several years now.
88-year-old Georgian man Data Vanishvili, whose house and agricultural lands are divided in two by occupying forces, has asked advice from NATO PA President Madeleine Moon, who has visited the occupation line in the village of Khurvaleti earlier today.
Can you imagine how politics and conflict can make you lose your forefathers? In the Georgian village of Khurvaleti, aggressive politics by the Russian side saw the local population and the village cemetery divided into two isolated parts. Now, the people of Khurvaleti and the graves of their loved ones lie on different sides of barbed wire fence that mark the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Davit Vanishvili, also known as Data Papa, who has lived for about eight years isolated on the other side of the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) in the Russian-occupied Georgian village of Khurvaleti, has died.
Georgian citizen Alan Japaridze has been released from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali prison after a four-month detention. Japaridze, who received a one-year conditional sentence by the de facto Supreme Court, was handed over to the Georgian authorities at the Ergneti village near the occupied Tskhinvali yesterday.