In South Ossetia, five Russian tourists detained

A group of five Russian tourists was detained on the territory of South Ossetia. This was reported by Sergey Kolbin, Chief of the South Ossetian Border Guard Service. According to his information, at present, four out of the five detained tourists have been already fined and deported to Russia.

On July 29, the group of tourists was detained in the village of Edys of the Dzau District by staff members of the Border Guards of the KGB of South Ossetia.

"Four out of five tourists have been fined and deported to the territory of Russia. All of them were detained for violation of border regime," Sergey Kolbin has explained to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Dmitry Lemeshev, the leader of the group of tourists, has been brought to administrative responsibility, and in the near future, he will also be deported to the territory of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Chief of the Border Guard Service. Dmitry Lemeshev is suspected of illegal entrepreneurial activities.

Sergey Kolbin has stressed that the detained tourists were not prepared for the possible severe weather conditions during their march, and, therefore, according to his version, the detention has saved the tourists' lives.