Dear readers! On the occasion of the next anniversary of Georgia's full-scale military aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation in August 2008, we are starting a new column "We were writing in 2008". It will remind readers of the hot pre-war political life of South Ossetia, the attempts of South Ossetia and Russia to prevent the war being prepared by Georgia.
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July 20, 2008
At about 23:00, the Georgian side took hostage four citizens of the Republic of South Ossetia - Soslan Siukaev, Gela Sanakoev, Zaur Khubaev and Alikhan Khubaev. As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, the detainees were returning to Tskhinval from the Georgian city of Gori, where they were staying with relatives.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia is negotiating with the Georgian side on the release of civilians detained by Georgia on the evening of July 20. This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the RSO Mikhail Mindzaev. “Negotiations are underway for the Georgians to release the innocent people. And we will not release Goginashvili until the investigative measures are completed,” Mindzayev said. Teimuraz Goginashvili, born in 1952, a citizen of the Republic of South Ossetia of the Georgian nationality, was detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia on suspicion of committing murder with aggravating consequences.
From 22.00 to 22.45, a group of military observers from three sides, together with a representative of the OSCE mission, carried out monitoring on the fact of the detention of residents of the conflict zone by the security forces. During the monitoring, it was established that on July 20 at 12.00, officers of the South Ossetian Interior Ministry, on the basis of a statement of a resident of Tskhinval, was detained a resident of the Georgian village of Nikozi T. Goginashvili. According to the detainee, the monitoring group learned that he had no complaints about his health. Violent actions by the officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSO were not used.
