Umongameli wase-Russia u-Putin utyikitye umthetho-mthetho othintela iinqwelomoya zase-Russia ukuba zingahambisi abemi base Russia eGeorgia ukusukela nge-8 kaJulayi. Esi sigqibo siza emva koqhankqalazo oluchasene no rhulumente eTbilisi.
"Ukusukela nge-8 kaJulayi, abathwali baseRussia abavunyelwe okwethutyana ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kubemi abasuka eRashiya besiya eGeorgia," ufunda lo mthetho.
Ikwacebise abenzi bezokhenketho kunye neearhente zokuhamba ukuba bayeke ukuthumela abakhenkethi baseRussia kwilizwe elingummelwane ngelixa ukuvalwa kusenzeka. Ngokwamagosa aseburhulumenteni baseRashiya, izithintelo zaziswa ngenjongo "yokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwesizwe saseRashiya [nokukhusela] abemi baseRussia kwizenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nezinye izinto ezingekho mthethweni."
Urhulumente waseRussia uye 'wabongoza ngamandla' bonke abemi base Russia, ngoku base Georgia, ukuba babuyele eRussia. Kwangoko ngoLwesihlanu, uMphathiswa Wezangaphandle wase-Russia ukhuphe isilumkiso ebongoza abemi base Russia ukuba bayeke ukuya eGeorgia “ukuze bazikhusele.”
Iarhente yomoya yezothutho yomoya iRosaviatsia izakubamba intlanganiso nabameli beenqwelomoya malunga nokuvalwa ngoMgqibelo, utshilo umthombo.
Isiphathamandla sesibini ngobukhulu eRussia, i-S7, sele ibhengeze ukuba iyanqumamisa ukuthengiswa kwamatikiti kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya eziya eGeorgia ezicwangciselwe emva kukaJulayi 8. I-Ural Airlines, ebhabhela eGeorgia isuka eMoscow, eSt.Petersburg nakwezinye iidolophu zaseRussia, ithe isigqibo sokumisa ukuthengisa izakwenziwa ngoMgqibelo.
Kuqhume uqhankqalazo eTbilisi ngoLwesine emva kokuphazanyiswa kweseshoni yeNdibano ePalamente ye-Orthodox ye-Orthodox (i-IAO) epalamente. AmaLungu ePalamente aphikisayo aseGeorgia awumisa lo msitho emva kokuba ecatshukiswe nguMongameli we-IAO- nentloko yegqiza laseRussia- uSergey Gavrilov, esenza intetho yokuvula kwisihlalo sesithethi sepalamente.
I-rally yase-Tbilisi yokulwa urhulumente kunye ne-anti-Russia, apho i-5,000 ithathe inxaxheba, yajika yaba nobundlobongela njengoko abaqhankqalazi bazama ukuhlasela isakhiwo sepalamente. Uqhankqalazo olunocwangco ngakumbi luqokelele amawaka abantu ngokuhlwa kwangoLwesihlanu.
IMoscow ibanga ukuba uqhankqalazo “sisixhokonxoko saseRussophobic,” esijolise ekuthinteleni iinzame zokubuyisela ubudlelwane phakathi kweGeorgia neRussia, ezihlala zinobuzaza ukusukela oko uMzantsi Ossetia, ukhuthazwe yiRashiya, wahlulwa eGeorgia ngo-2008. Emva phayaa, iRussia yayihlasela iGeorgia, xa Umongameli welo xesha, uMikheil Saakshvili wazama ukubuyisela ucwangco kwiphondo laseGeorgia elahlulayo. Emva kongquzulwano lomkhosi, iMoscow yamkela uMzantsi Ossetia kunye neRiphabliki ephikisanayo, i-Abkhazia, njengamazwe azimeleyo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- According to Russian government officials, the restrictions were introduced in order to “ensure the national security of Russia [and] to protect Russian citizens from criminal and other unlawful actions.
- Mass protests erupted in Tbilisi on Thursday after the disruption of a session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) at the parliament.
- Moscow claimed that the protest is a “Russophobic provocation,” aimed at hindering efforts at restoring relations between Georgia and Russia, which remain strained since South Ossetia, encouraged by Russia, seceded from Georgia in 2008.
