A Georgian citizen was expelled from South Ossetia after violating the border.

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South Ossetian border guards expelled Georgian citizen Gela Berianidze from the republic, who crossed the border in the Leningor district the day before.

South Ossetian border service officers reported the detention of a Georgian citizen for violating the state border on January 21.

According to the KGB of South Ossetia, Gela Berianidze, a resident of the village of Bershueti in the Gori municipality, intentionally crossed the border in the vicinity of the village of Amdzarin in the Leningor district, the state news agency "Res" wrote on January 23.

In accordance with Article 14 of the Law "On State The detainee was expelled from South Ossetia on January 22.

Earlier, the South Ossetian KGB reported that in December of last year, border guards detained 22 violators of border legislation. Six were detained for violating the state border regime, 16 for violating border regulations. Criminal cases were opened against two detainees, eight violators were fined, and 12 were warned about the need to comply with the law, Sputnik - South Ossetia reports.

Residents of Georgia are regularly detained by security forces in South Ossetia on charges of border violations. In June 2023, the Georgian State Security Service announced a new seizure of territory during borderization in the vicinity of the village of Khurvaleti, where border guards installed posts and barbed wire. According to activists, these structures were installed 150 meters from the home of one of the residents.

Georgia considers Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be Russian-occupied territories after Russia intervened in the armed conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia on August 8, 2008, and subsequently recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Following this, the Georgian parliament voted to sever diplomatic relations with Russia, according to a "Caucasian Knot" report on the "Five-Day War." On June 7, the Georgian Public Defender released a report stating that 70 people were detained along the demarcation line in 2024, including 36 on the border with South Ossetia and 34 on the border with Abkhazia, including two women and two minors. By the end of 2024, at least 14 people were in custody in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, who, according to the ombudsman, reported harsh conditions.