Today, the fact of the illegal detention of Tamar Mearakishvili, a Georgian citizen permanently residing in the occupied territory, was confirmed by a hotline from Tskhinvali, the State Security Service said.

According to them, intensive communication is underway regarding this issue.

“Today, the fact of the illegal detention of Tamar Mearakishvili, a Georgian citizen permanently residing in the occupied territory, was confirmed by a hotline from Tskhinvali; intensive communication is underway regarding this issue,” the State Security Service said.

For information, according to the so-called prosecutor general’s office of occupied Tskhinvali, a Georgian citizen, Tamar Mearakishvili, was arrested on charges of espionage. “According to investigators, a Georgian citizen residing in South Ossetia collected and transmitted information about strategically important facilities in the republic, thereby endangering the security of the country,” the so-called prosecutor general’s office said.