TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals gathered near the border with Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia on Friday to protest against the actions of a group of journalists who staged a protest a few days ago against Russia’s ‘creeping occupation.’
People say they have
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers on Wednesday removed a Georgian flag at the border with the breakaway region South Ossetia.
On June 10, Russian troops guarding the perimeter of the breakaway republic placed two news border signs near the villages
TBILISI, DFWatch–Ten Georgian citizens were released by authorities in the breakaway region South Ossetia Tuesday evening. They had been detained for ‘violating the border’.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the released are: Nugzar Gelashvili, from the village
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two more people were detained on the disputed border with one of Georgia’s breakaway regions on Monday.
The incident took place the same day as the parties were gathered in a border village for EU- and OSCE-hosted negotiations.
The
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 42 year old man was detained by Russian border guards at the funeral of his mother-in-law, which was held on a cemetery close to the border with South Ossetia.
The detainee, Gia Solashvili, comes from the village Karkusaani.
Since the cemetery
TBILISI, DFWatch–2,117 Georgians have been detained by Russian border guards accused of crossing the border with Abkhazia or South Ossetia since 2009.
The new figures were presented by Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and are based on data
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards on Monday detained one more person near the village Adzvi, which borders with South Ossetia.
The detainee is Grisha Balamtsarashvili (67), who was out in the field looking after cattle at the edge of the village, together with
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgians were detained by Russian border guards on Friday near the village Adzvi, near the delineation line around South Ossetia.
The detainees were two young men, Lasha Tanashvili, 15 and Levan Kokoriani, 18, who were out looking
TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia on Tuesday released one of two Georgians who were detained for crossing the disputed border.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vasil Khidasheli and Alexandre Shiukashvili were detained on December 20
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards on Tuesday detained a husband and wife in a village bordering breakaway South Ossetia.
The two, Kakha Kazishvili and Zina Natriashvili, were detained in the village Kvemo Ikorta as they were trying to cross the ‘border’ to visit relatives.