Saturday, August 23, 2025

Georgian TV crew released by South Ossetia

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A Georgian TV crew of three was released by South Ossetia Wednesday evening, after being detained the day before. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV crew of three was released by South Ossetia Wednesday evening.

Bela Zakaidze, Vakho Lekiashvili and Mikheil Mikhoev were detained Tuesday as they crossed the de facto border near Adzvi.

They were taken by Russian border guards to

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No news about release of Georgian TV crew held in South Ossetia

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Vakho Lekiashvili (left) and Bela Zakaidze, two of the TV3 employees who are in detention in South Ossetia. (Interepressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–It is still unknown whether three Georgian journalists detained by South Ossetia will be released today. Neither the Ministry of Internal Affairs nor EUs Monitoring Mission have been informed about when they will be released.

The Foreign Ministry

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Georgian TV crew detained in South Ossetia

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Vakho Lekiashvili (left) and Bela Zakaidze from TV3. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV crew of three was detained by Russian soldiers Tuesday on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

RES, the official news agency of the breakaway region confirmed that three Georgians had been detained, but failed to name the detainees.

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