Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili released

Georgian Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili, illegally kept imprisoned by the occupational regime, has been released. He is already brought to the territory controlled by the Georgian central government – State Security Service confirmed the information to Georgian First Channel.

The occupied Tskhinvali court sentenced Vazha Gaprindashvili to one year and nine-months to prison during the trial on December 20.

Tbilisi-based doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupation line with Akhalgori Municipality on November 9. He was sent to two-month pretrial detention on November 15.

Vazha Gaprindashvili was charged with “illegally crossing the border” under article 322 of the criminal code of Russia.