Crawling Occupation and Abduction of People - Eldar Gundishvili was abducted from the territory of the border village, when he was taking his cattle to pastures. According to the 68-year-old shepherd, he was in the Georgia controlled territory, along with two villagers. He was about 200 meters away the dividing line, when he was arrested. According to locals, no one has ever been taken from this place. Gundishvili was released after paying the fine.

The locals say that the harassment of the population in the so-called border villages has becomw worse this year. They say that spring works can not be performed on the land where wheat was sown last year.

The locals demand 24-hour patrolling of Georgian law enforcers in areas from where Georgian citizens are often abducted by the Russian occupants, . However, according to the Interior Ministry, patroling has already been carried out for 24 hours.