Adgur Ardzinba was detained on the Abkhaz-Russian border

The leader of the opposition "Abkhaz People's Movement", ex-presidential candidate Adgur Ardzinba, was detained on the Russian-Abkhaz border. As it became known from the statement of the veteran organization "Aruaa", he was detained for several hours on the night of April 21.

"On the Russian side of the border checkpoint across the Psou River, the leader of a significant part of the Abkhaz people, Adgur Ardzinba, was again detained for several hours without explanation," the association said in a statement.

In addition, there is no information about what happened.

NGO "Aruaa" demanded that the President of Abkhazia Badra Gunba "immediately respond to the facts of persecution of citizens for political reasons, abandon the practice of pressure and intimidation and ensure respect for the constitutional rights and freedoms of all citizens of Abkhazia, regardless of their political beliefs."

As EADaily reported, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case after an attack on a polling station in Abkhazia. On March 1, during the voting in the presidential elections of Abkhazia, about 20 people entered the polling station in Tsandripsha and damaged the ballot box. When trying to escape from the scene, they were shot at by law enforcement officers at the Musser post. Two people were hospitalized. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a case under the article "Terrorism".