Russian guards release Georgian citizen detained near occupied Abkhazia
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A Georgian citizen illegally detained by Russian-controlled guards has been released today.
Georgian citizen Tengiz Mikava was detained in Georgia’s Samegrelo region yesterday.
He was accused of crossing the so-called border, which is an administrative boundary line separating the occupied region from the rest of Georgia.
The illegal detention of Georgian citizens by Russian-controlled guards is a common issue in both Russian-occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The detainees are usually freed only after their families pay a ransom.
The Russian occupation forces continue the illegal process of the so-called borderisation.
A Georgian citizen illegally detained by Russian-controlled guards has been released today.
Russian-controlled border guards have detained illegally yet another Georgian citizen at the occupation line.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani spoke about the results of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war at the OSCE’s 2017 Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna, Austria yesterday.