The de facto government of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region released Levan Dotiashvili, who was abducted from Kirbali village on November 6. Dotiashvili was handed over to Georgian law enforcement in Ergneti. He has an injury on his face. Irakli Antadze, the deputy director of the Analytical Department of the State Security Service, explained that according to Dotiashvili, the injury was caused during the arrest.
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Levan Dotiashvili did not comment to the media today and said he would talk tomorrow. He is an eyewitness of Tamaz Ginturi’s murder by Russian soldiers.
‘‘The issue of the immediate and unconditional release of Levan Dotiashvili was actively discussed on November 6, at the technical meeting held in the village of Ergenti, Gori municipality, in which representatives of the Russian occupation forces, the occupied Tskhinvali region and the EU monitoring mission took part. International partners were actively involved in the negotiations. The central government continues its work to bring the persons responsible for the murder of Tamaz Ginturi to justice. Work is also underway to release all citizens of Georgia who are illegally detained in the occupied territories,’’ says the statement released by SSSG.
58-year-old Tamaz Ginturi was killed by Russian soldiers on November 6. He was shot twice in the back. 33-year-old Levan Dotiashvili from the same village, who was with him at the time, was kidnapped for four days.
On November 7, a Tskhinvali TV channel released a video showing how Tamaz Ginturi and Levan Dotiashvili prying open the sealed church door.
As a result of the creeping occupation, the Lomisi church ended up beyond the occupation line. In August, the occupiers walled up the door to the church with a tin plate.
Tamaz Ginturi fought in the 2008 Russo-Georgian war and was a major. That is why the locals think that Russian soldiers ambushed and killed him on purpose.
The family of the deceased is asking for the arrangement of a police guard post in Kirbali to avoid similar tragedies in the future.
