The FINANCIAL — U.S. Embassy Tbilisi is alarmed and deeply troubled by reports that Russian-led security forces shot, wounded, and detained a Georgian citizen on July 11 near the village of Kvemo Chala, along the administrative boundary line of Russian-occupied South Ossetia. Resident of central Georgia’s Kaspi Municipality Zaza Gakheladze, 33, was shot and then arrested around 9:30am local time. The Georgian MFA appealed to the international community “to give a strong assessment” to the illegal actions of the Russian occupation forces and to take immediate measures to counter “the ongoing provocations against the Georgian state. A Georgian citizen was shot and arrested near…
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