{"id":14535,"date":"2019-03-26T20:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T20:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=14535"},"modified":"2019-03-26T20:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T20:39:41","slug":"tension-on-the-dividing-line-between-georgia-and-s-c-south-ossetia-russian-occupiers-in-the-village-of-khurvaleti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/tension-on-the-dividing-line-between-georgia-and-s-c-south-ossetia-russian-occupiers-in-the-village-of-khurvaleti\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension on the dividing line between Georgia and s.c. South Ossetia. Russian occupiers in the village of Khurvaleti"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the August war between Russia and Georgia in 2008, and Russia’s recognition of the self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Georgian population of the occupied territories and near the demarcation line was subjected to unremitting terror by the occupation regimes of these two formations.\u00a0Almost every day there are reports of kidnapping of Georgian citizens for ransom, murder, and attempts to seize new Georgian territories by Russian puppet regimes in both republics.\u00a0In December 2018, InformNapalm published\u00a0<\/strong>material<\/strong><\/a> on the ongoing tensions on the demarcation line and on the initiative of Georgian activists who voluntarily patrol and monitor the moves of Russian occupiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past week, the tension has escalated again in the Georgian village of Khurvaleti where \u201cSouth Ossetia\u201d has been stepping up since late last year.<\/p>\n

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Masked armed Russian border guards in Georgian territory.\u00a0Chronology<\/h2>\n

On March 15, village residents\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0to the Power in Unity anti-occupation movement that armed Russian border guards in masks have entered the territory controlled by Tbilisi and are in the gardens of local residents.\u00a0In Facebook, the movement leader Davit Katsarava\u00a0called<\/a>\u00a0on the citizens and the Georgian government for a timely response.<\/p>\n

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The photo was provided by the inhabitants of Khurvaleti to the Power in Unity anti-occupation movement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The members of the movement and other various Georgian civil organizations fighting the Russian occupation headed for the conflict location but were\u00a0apprehended at a checkpoint<\/a>\u00a0by the Georgian police and were not allowed into the village. Georgian authorities have reported that there were no foreign troops in the territory of Khurvaleti. It came to the\u00a0verbal exchanges<\/a>\u00a0between the law enforcement and the arrived citizens: “If the occupiers are not in the village, and this is a day like any other, why are you holding us here and we cannot enter?\u00a0We\u2019ve come as peaceful citizens with no weapons.”<\/p>\n

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Photos:\u00a0www.primetime.ge<\/a><\/p>\n

Activists spent the night at the checkpoint.<\/p>\n

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