Tbilisi, Tskhinvali Exchange Prisoners

Authorities in breakaway South Ossetia released on August 26 Georgian hostage Giorgi Khatashvili, who was kidnapped from Georgia?s Kareli district, which borders with the breakaway region.

In exchange Georgian authorities released South Ossetian Genadi Bakaev, who was arrested by the Georgia law enforcers in the breakaway region for alleged transportation of arms.