{"id":3044,"date":"2024-12-16T10:15:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:15:05","slug":"romanian-detained-in-abkhazia-and-accused-of-being-a-spy-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3044","title":{"rendered":"Romanian detained in Abkhazia and accused of being a spy for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) officially confirmed that the individual detained in the separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia, and accused of being a spy for Ukraine, is a Romanian citizen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man, David Cherci Adrian, was detained on Saturday, December 14, by the State Security Service, or SGB, of the pro-Russian separatist region Abkhazia. The service claimed he was acting on instructions from representatives of the Ukrainian special services, using a drone to film military installations in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Abkhazia, a region of Georgia, is recognized as independent by Russia and its allies, such as Venezuela, but not by the international community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian allegedly entered the region with a tourist visa but, after arriving in Sukhumi, made contact with employees of Ukraine&#8217;s Main Intelligence Directorate, or GUR, according to the SGB. The Abkhazian service claims these individuals &#8220;forced&#8221; him to film several military installations &#8220;so he could safely leave Abkhazia,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/autoritatile-proruse-din-abhazia-regiune-separatista-din-georgia-anunta-ca-au-arestat-un-roman-recrutat-de-ucraineni-3046491\">Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SGB also published a video recording of the detained man and its announcement, which was cited by Russian state news agency TASS. In the footage, the Romanian citizen is shown exiting a van, accompanied by agents who escort him into an office for questioning. There, the young man gives a statement in English, translated into Russian in the recording.<\/p>\n<p>MAE representatives also announced that they are in contact with the individual&#8217;s family and are continuing efforts to provide consular assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: SGB on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nCnvTqhiTRk&amp;ab_channel=sgbapsny\">YouTube<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) officially confirmed that the individual detained in the separatist region of Abkhazia, Georgia, and accused of being a spy for Ukraine, is a Romanian citizen.\u00a0 The man, David Cherci Adrian, was detained on Saturday, December 14, by the State Security Service, or SGB, of the pro-Russian separatist region [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}