State Security Service of Georgia publishes investigation research regarding Georgian soldier's lost personal files
By Liza Mchedlidze
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The State Security Service of Georgia has published the results of the investigation of the Georgian soldier's personal file case, which was launched after the video of the Russian Armed Forces holding the files of a former serviceman of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, Mikheil Kamkhadze was published on a Russian propaganda website.
The State Security Service of Georgia stated that the documents were not released by the state agencies of Georgia, and the personal file of the military serviceman published by the Russian media has no connection with the personal file of Mikheil Kamkhadze.
The agency also said that none of the documents shown in the distributed video material contain state secrets.
"The investigation established that the case is intact and there is no evidence of removal or making of copies. In addition, no documents about Mikheil Kamkhadze are stored in the Ministry of Defense.
It is also established that the personal file of a military serviceman found in the city of Lysychansk, spread by the Russian media, has no connection with the personal file of Mikheil Kamkhadze, which is protected in the military unit of Gldani district, and that may represent a collection of documents personally collected by Mikheil Kamkhadze in 2016, which he did not deny during the interrogation." the statement reads.
The State Security Service also notes that most of the distributed documents are not identical to the documents constituting the personal file of the serviceman kept in the military registration, recruitment, and mobilization service, except for diplomas and certificates, which are not secret.
"In addition, it was determined that the materials disseminated by the media contain some information and information that was never recorded in the personal file of Mikheil Kamkhadze's military serviceman.
In particular, the autobiography of Mikheil Kamkhadze, circulated in the media, contains the data after the dismissal of the employee, which is confirmed by Mikheil Kamkhadze himself and explains that he wrote the said autobiography himself, after leaving the military service, which in turn once again excludes the connection of the circulated materials with the protected case," the statement reads.
The State Security Service of Georgia said that "the mentioned campaign is a deliberate provocation against the state, which directly serves the attempt to discredit both the Georgian special service and the Ministry of Defense."
On August 9, Russian propaganda media released a video purporting to show that in Lysychansk, Russians found personal files of Ukraine's hired soldiers in Donbas. In the video, one of the Russian soldiers goes through Mikheil Kamkhadze's personal file in front of the camera, which has the official marks of the Georgian Defense Agency.
