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Over 100 Armenians detained for illegally passing the border in Georgia

11 September 2006 [12:29] - TODAY.AZ
Georgian law enforcement bodies arrested over 100 Armenians, who illegally passed the border with Russia.

According to Georgian legislation those illegally passing Georgia-Russia border are fined of $2000. Those who repeat the case are sentenced for three to five years. It concerns Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia too. Even one-day stay in these territories is outlaw, and Armenians are being detained in Georgian prisons for having taken this step, APA reports quoting to Armenian press.

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