South Ossetia handed over to Georgia two of its citizens who served their sentences for illegally crossing the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia, the press service of the KGB of the Republic reports.
The previously detained Georgian citizens Tenadze Leonid, born in 1979, and Tenadze Tariel, born in 1986, residents of the village of Plavismani in the Gori municipality, were found guilty by the Tskhinval District Court of illegally crossing the state border and sentenced to imprisonment.
It was established that these foreigners had intentionally violated the state border of the Republic of South Ossetia with Georgia in the settlement of Chkharauli in Tskhinval District.
"On Friday, due to the expiration of their sentence and payment of the fine, they were released and handed over to the Georgian side in accordance with the established procedure," the press service has noted.
The KGB has warned that all possible directions of penetration of violators of the Republic's state border are in the control zones and sectors of influence of the border forces of South Ossetia.
