Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Complex prisoner exchange between Georgia and breakaway territories

Upon his release, Giorgi Giunashvili (center) was met by Georgian representatives at the defunct Ergneti checkpoint. (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–At the 42nd round of the Geneva talks, 12-13 December, Abkhazia will probably demand that Tbilisi must release an Abkhazian militant from a Georgian prison, and in return, Giorgi Giunashvili will be released from a Tskhinvali prison.

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South Ossetia pardons Georgian jailed for sedition

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Leonid Tibilov, de facto president of the breakaway region South Ossetia. (RES.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The de facto president of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov, on December 31 pardoned a Georgian who was serving a 13 year sentence for sedition after being involved in the region’s Tbilisi-backed administration.

According to a statement by the breakaway region’s

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