Breakaway Tskhinvali Prepares "Sanakoev List" in Response to Tbilisi
The de facto leadership of Georgia’s Russian-occupied South Ossetia (Tskhinvali) claims they are working on a so called Sanakoev List, where they will include “people guilty for the genocide of South Ossetians.”
Breakaway Tskhinvali made the decision to do so in response to Official Tbilisi's setting up the "Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili List," containing 33 persons convicted or charged with grave crimes committed against the citizens of Georgia in the breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions since the 1990s.
The information was provided to Sputnik Ossetia by so called Parliament Speaker of breakaway Tskhinvali, Peter Gassiev.
Gassiev says that their "parliament" has elaborated a draft on "the list of South Ossetia which is named the Gregory Sanakoev list agter a man who was brutally assassinated by Georgians in 1992".
The de facto speaker added that the list will be approved by the end of the current year.
“The list will include citizens of Georgia, the US, Ukraine and other countries involved in the genocide of South Ossetia, at least in August 2008,” Gassiev said, adding the list implies imposition of sanctions and a search through Interpol.
De facto authorities of Georgia’s other Russian-backed, occupied region, Abkhazia, have also released a statement which slams Tbilisi for setting up the Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili List.
The so called foreign ministry of breakaway Abkhazia says the action of Tbilisi and the Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze are of a “destructive nature” and may pose a threat to the Geneva International Discussions, which works on regulating conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation.
On June 26, Georgian PM Mamuka Bakhtadze stated that the Government has determined all the measures to be taken against the people included on the list in order to impose all restrictions by the international community.
By Thea Morrison
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