Vazha Gaprindashvili remains in Tskhinvali prison for second month.

Although the doctor was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison, his colleagues hope that de facto authorities will release him for the New Year.

Vladimir Konstantinidi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, notes that the international community also considers illegal detention of a doctor unacceptable.

“It is well known that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has been timely informing and consolidating the international community from the very first day of the doctor’s detention”, - said Vladimir Konstantinidi.