Saturday, June 20, 2026

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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UN, OSCE and EU diplomats on field trip in South Ossetia

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Antti Turunen, UN Secretary General’s Representative for Georgia, who was part of the delegation. (Photo by OSCE/Dieter Nagl.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Representatives of the United Nations, OSCE and European Union this week paid a two-day visit to South Ossetia and met with members of the breakaway region’s delegation to the Geneva talks.

The delegation consisted of co-chairs of the talks, which

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Russia resumes building of South Ossetia border fences

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Razor wire is one of the measures Russian border guards are using to enforce the de facto border. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have resumed the installation of warning signs and barbed wire at villages near the border with the breakaway region South Ossetia.

A sign warning about the de facto border was installed in the village Ghogheti near Kareli on Tuesday.

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One released from South Ossetian detention

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A roadblock at the de facto border at Ergneti. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian man has been released from a holding facility in South Ossetia after first being detained two days ago for trespassing.

Malkhaz Vanishvili, 24, from the village Khurvaleti near the de facto border, was detained together with Gocha Makishvili.

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Two Georgians detained near South Ossetia

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Sign at Ergneti. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained two Georgian citizens at the de facto border with the breakaway region South Ossetia.

The detainees – Malkhaz Vanishvili, 28, and Gocha Makishvili, 28, from the village Khurvaleti – have been taken to a detention

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Georgian agency preparing reaction against MTC

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Georgia is looking into what Russian telecom company MTC is doing in the breakaway region South Ossetia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has started monitoring of the radio frequency spectrum in order to learn the activity of MTC, a Russian mobile company.

The monitoring is done to find out what MTC is doing on the territory of Georgia,

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