DECISION OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLE’S DEPUTIES OF THE SOUTH OSSETIA On unlawful actions regarding comrade Kulumbekov T.G.

The third session of the first legislature of the Council of the People’s Deputies of the South Ossetia takes note that on January 29, 1991, approximately at 16.00 the Commandant of the zone of the state of emergency of the city of Tskhinvali, General-Major of Militia, Kvantaliani G., having abused the confidence, kidnapped the Chairman of the South Ossetian District Executive Committee, Kulumbekov T.G. from the territory of Tskhinvali tourist base “Ossetia”, where have been dislocated units of the internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior of the USSR and where were conducted negotiations on stabilization of situation in the South Ossetia. His destiny is still a question.

The indicated unprecedented unlawful action made tenser already explosive situation in the city of Tskhinvali and in the district.

The entire society of the city and of the district protest against such an unlawful act.

The third session of the first legislature of the Council of the People’s Deputies of the South Ossetia decides:

1. To express a decisive protest regarding actions of the Commandant of the zone of the state of emergency of the city of Tskhinvali, General-Major of Militia, Kvantaliani G., which are a provocative act of political terrorism, as a result of which is illegally detained the Chairman of the South Ossetian District Executive Committee, Kulumbekov Torez Georgievich.

To express distrust to the Commandant Kvantaliani G. I., and to consider inadmissible his holding the position.

2. To appeal to the Prosecutor General of the USSR Trubin N.S. to review the issue of illegal detention of comrade Kulumbekov Torez Georgievich and to adopted measures, stipulated by law.

3. To demand from the leadership of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia (Gamsakhurdia) immediate release of comrade Kulumbekov Torez Georgievich and restoration of his civil rights, honor and dignity.

First Deputy Chairman of the South Ossetian

District Executive Committee of the People’s Deputies G. Khugaev

Deputy Chairman of the South Ossetian

District Executive Committee of the People’s Deputies E. Dzagoeva

February 1, 1991

(Newspaper “The Youzhnaia Ossetia”, No 17, February 28, 1991)