CIS Peacekeeper Abducted in Western Georgia

Russian private, serving in the peacekeeping troops, deployed in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), was reportedly kidnapped on September 27 in the town of Zugdidi.

Zugdidi is a frontline town near the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone. The motives of kidnapping remain unclear.

However, the local police do not rule out that the incident may have been staged to mask a desertion.

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