Brothers Tariel and Leonid Tenadzes, who were illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces in the area adjacent to the village of Plavismani in the Gori municipality, have been released from illegal detention and are in the territory controlled by the central government, the State Security Service of Georgia (SSU) reports.

“In the process of releasing Tariel and Leonid Tenadzes from illegal detention, both the hotline mechanism operating with the involvement of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia and all relevant instruments at the disposal of the central government were actively used.

The central government continues to work actively to release all citizens of Georgia illegally detained in the occupied territories.

The occupying power bears responsibility for all destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions of Georgia and along the occupation line,” reads the information.