Archive - 7/1/2010

EUMM observers saw the spot at the outskirts of Tskhinval, where South Ossetian citizen Gennady Pliev was abducted from. As reported by Deputy Special Representative for Post-Conflict Settlement Merab Chigoev, the invitation of the EUMM representatives, who are responsible for monitoring of the situation in the areas adjacent to the border of South Ossetia, was an exclusion. “The EUMM observers had the opportunity to talk to the relatives and neighbors of Gena Pliev. They have received information on the time of crime and available evidences and details”, said Chigoev.

On 4 January 2010, special services of Georgia abducted a citizen of South Ossetia Gennady Pliev from the southern outskirts of Tskhinval adjacent to the borderline with Georgia. Reportedly, he received criminal charges in Georgia and placed in a pre-trial detention facility. The authorities of South Ossetia invited the EU military monitors (EUMM) who could see on the ground that the abduction was made 400-500 meters from the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia, where evidences of fighting and blood were still visible proving a forceful seizure of Pliev. In the meantime, the explanation given by the authorities of Georgia seemed senseless. They vary from the allegations that Pliev was detained on the territory of Georgia in the village of Nikozi and that he was armed, or he voluntary crossed the border and asked for asylum, or he was claimed to be an “Ossetian terrorist”.