Symbol of fight against Russian occupation Davit Vanishvili to be posthumously awarded medal of Civil Dedication
Davit Vanishvili was well-known for his activities against the occupation. He always spoke out loudly about the injustice and was not afraid of the Russian occupiers. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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On the initiative of the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili, Davit Vanishvili, who has become a symbol of the resistance and fight against the Russian occupation, will be awarded the medal of Civil Dedication, announces the presidential administration.
Vanishvili was well-known for his activities against the occupation. He always spoke out loudly about the injustice and was not afraid of the Russian occupiers.
Back in 2011 Vanishvili woke up to find that a barbed wire fence installed by Russian border guards had cut his house off from the rest of Georgia.
Not only the house but the agricultural land, his wheat fields, which formerly was his means of generating an income, were behind the barbed wire fence.
He died on March 19 after living for about eight years isolated on the other side of the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) in the village of Khurvaleti.
Vanishvili was buried yesterday in the cemetery of his ancestors which is now under illegal Russian occupation.
The ceremony of awarding Vanishvili the medal of Civil Dedication will be held on April 9 at the Orbeliani Palace which is the current presidential residence.
The leader of the civic movement For the People Ana Dolidze called on Zurabishvili to award Data Vanishvili with the medal of Civil Dedication after Vanishvili's death.
Georgian citizen Data Vanishvili, who has become a symbol of the resistance and fight against the Russian occupation, was buried earlier today in the village of Khurvaleti, in the cemetery of his ancestors which is now under illegal Russian occupation.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and President Salome Zurabishvili have stated that they are ‘deeply saddened’ by the death of Data Vanishvili, a man who has refused to leave his house in the village of Khurvaleti despite the fact the part of the house and his agricultural lands were occupied by Russians.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that he is ‘truly heartbroken’ by the recent death of Data Vanishvili, a man who has refused to leave his house in the village of Khurvaleti despite the fact the part of the house and his agricultural lands were occupied by Russians.Back in 2013 Data Papa woke up to find that a barbed wire fence installed by Russian border guards had cut his house off from the rest of Georgia.
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.
Rescuers have found a body of a fourth individual who was trying to cross onto territory controlled by the central government of Georgia from Russian-occupied Gali through the Enguri River. The body was found on the banks of the river Enguri, in the village of Orsantia of Zugdidi Municipality.
Flags on all government buildings across Georgia and diplomatic missions abroad will be flying at half staff tomorrow because of the death of four individuals of the country’s Russian-occupied Gali district of Abkhazia.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has posthumously awarded Georgian citizen Data Vanishvili, the symbol of fight against Russian occupation, for his civil dedication.
Russian occupation forces have installed wooden poles between the villages of Takhtisdziri and Dirbi in the Kareli municipality of Georgia. The wooden poles are installed along 500 meters.