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Thursday, September 29, 2022
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Each Russian citizen and risks of them entering Georgia being studied, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia says

The Ministry of Internal Affairs investigates every citizen of Russia who enters Georgia and refuses them entry in case there are threats, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Aleksandre Darakhvelidze stated.

Aleksandre Darakhvelidze stated that the flows at the Lars checkpoint have increased, if until now 5-6 thousand citizens of Russia were entering on a standard basis per day, the number of partial military mobilization in Russia, it has increased by 40-45%.

According to the Deputy Minister, additional forces have been sent to the Larsi checkpoint and they are monitoring the situation as much as possible, studying every person entering the country, and if they do not meet the requirements defined by the law, or if there are risks that specific people will pose a threat to Georgia, they are refused entry to the country.

"Of course, we all agree that now there is an extraordinary situation, the announcement of partial mobilization in Russia led to the increase of those flows not only in Georgia, but also in other countries. Of course, the police has an increased workload and there are challenges, but we are coping with the existing resources and as much as possible, with the resources and legal framework that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has, each incoming person is studied and where there are risks and dangers, it is natural to make a negative decision against these people," said Aleksandre Darakhvelidze.

After the announcement of the mobilization, the groups involved in the mobilization began to leave Russia en masse.



There is no mobilization in Abkhazia, but the number of volunteers is constantly increasing, Inal Ardzinba says

According to the de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs of occupied Abkhazia, Inal Ardzinba, there is no mobilization in Abkhazia to send military personnel to the war against Ukraine.

However, according to him, in the current "special operation" in Ukraine, their ally Russia, as well as Luhansk and Donetsk, The number of volunteers who went to help the military forces is constantly increasing. Ardzinba spoke about this with the Russian pro-Kremlin publication RIA Novosti.

"There is no mobilization in Abkhazia. But I want to draw attention to the fact that since 2014, Abkhaz volunteers have taken up arms and are defending the freedom of Donbas, and the number of these people is increasing. This, in my opinion, is an important issue. "Unfortunately, there are victims," Ardzinba said, adding that the "liberation of Donbas" is extremely important for the Abkhaz volunteers.

The Russian independent media publication Meduza wrote that the Kremlin announced the mobilization of occupied Abkhazia and the so-called It is also discussed in South Ossetia.