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Monday, 28 June 2004
GEORGIA DETAINS THREE NORTH OSSETIANS
By empty (6/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A Tbilisi court remanded three residents of the Republic of North Ossetia, which is part of the Russian Federation, to three months\' pre-trial detention on 26 June on charges of illegally crossing the border between North Ossetia and South Ossetia, which is part of Georgia, two days earlier. The three men were reportedly armed and wearing military uniforms, and according to the Georgian Ministry of State Security, are suspected of espionage. On 25 June, the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the Georgian accusation of espionage leveled against the three detainees, who are Russian citizens, as an attempt to fuel anti-Russian feeling.
A Tbilisi court remanded three residents of the Republic of North Ossetia, which is part of the Russian Federation, to three months\' pre-trial detention on 26 June on charges of illegally crossing the border between North Ossetia and South Ossetia, which is part of Georgia, two days earlier. The three men were reportedly armed and wearing military uniforms, and according to the Georgian Ministry of State Security, are suspected of espionage. On 25 June, the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the Georgian accusation of espionage leveled against the three detainees, who are Russian citizens, as an attempt to fuel anti-Russian feeling. (RFE/RL)