Three citizens kidnapped by Russian occupants from Shida Kartli on Saturday were released . All three are shepherds. Two of them, Tengiz Kajilov and Vasil Pintaev were kidnapped from the village of Tsitelubani in Gori district and Abesalom Kokolashvili from the village of Amaliev in Kareli district.
In both cases, eyewitnesses say the kidnapped did not cross the border line and Russian occupants kidnapped them from Georgia`s controlled territory.

All three of them were released after paying a penalty.