Bettina Patricia Boughani, the newly appointed Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, has welcomed the temporary opening of Odzisi and Karzmani crossing points between the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and the rest of Georgia by the de facto authorities in the region for the upcoming Orthodox Easter celebrations.
Russian troops kill Georgian civilian near occupied region euractiv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from euractiv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated with Borrel's, Peskov's remarks. Georgia said Monday that Russian troops had killed a Georgian civilian near the breakaway region of South Ossetia, which has been under Moscow's effective control since the brief 2008 war between the two countries. Detentions of Georgian villagers by Russian troops who patrol the de facto border between the separatist region and Tbilisi-controlled Georgia is a regular occurrence, but no deaths have ever been reported along the boundary line.