9 February 2010
Iran to Enrich Uranium Despite Global Opposition
 ENG   RUS   PT   ITA   
Photo Forum Articles Feedback Advertising
Search the site:
Example: Yushchenko, Putin, Bush

The front page   
 Russia   World   Society   Science   Hotspots and Incidents   Opinion   Business 

Login:
@pravda.ru
Password:
Forgot?
  Register Now!
Photo galleries
Russia Begins to Celebrate Pancake Week
Russia Begins to Celebrate Pancake Week
Porsche 911 Turbo S Gets Ready To Be Unveiled Valentine's Day Premiers in LA











Article

Georgia: PM death came days after car bomb blast

03.02.2005 Source:
Increase font size
  Decrease font size   print version
Pages:

Zurab Zhvania, &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/20/92/371/14871_abkhazia.html' target=_blank>Georgia's widely-respected prime minister seen as the driving force behind market-oriented economic reform in the restive &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/hotspots/2001/10/23/18879.html' target=_blank>Caucasus republic, died after apparently breathing toxic fumes leaked by a faulty heater.

BREAKING NEWS
Ukrainian Election Ends with Tymoshenko's Defeat
Yulia Tymoshenko In and Out Politics
More...

Zhvania, 41, was found by his bodyguards slumped over a table in an apartment on the outskirts of Tbilisi, Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili told reporters.

Other officials said he appeared to have succumbed to inadequately-ventilated carbon monoxide fumes from a heating unit, reports Turkish Press.

According to the Guardian, Georgia's interior minister said there was no reason to suspect foul play, but a lawmaker reportedly pointed the finger at "outside forces." His remarks were aimed at Russia, which has ties with Georgia's separatist regions of &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/cis/2002/07/05/31851.html' target=_blank>South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and prompted a terse response from Moscow.

The lawmaker, Alexander Shalamberidze, noted that the death of Zhvania, came days after a car bombing that killed three policemen in Gori, the city nearest to South Ossetia. Zhvania, considered a moderate influence in the government of this former Soviet republic, had been trying to negotiate settlements with the separatist regions. "The explosion in Gori and Zhvania's death have dealt strong blows to our state. Now our neighbors are going to take advantage of that, they are saying we are almost savages living in the cold," Shalamberidze said.

Zhvania became active in the former Soviet republic's politics in the early 1990s as an environmental activist. He allied himself with &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/cis/2002/04/18/27766.html ' target=_blank>Mr Shevardnadze after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Mr Shevardnadze returned from Moscow to take up the reins of power in the republic he had led in the 1970s and '80s.

He was instrumental in creating the Citizens' Union of Georgia, Mr Shevardnadze's party, and was once seen as his heir apparent, says BBC News.

JB

Speak the truth and shame the devil on Pravda.ru forum


Pages:
print version








All news About Pravda.Ru Site map Export news News partners STATISTICS
© 1999-2009. «PRAVDA.Ru». When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view of PRAVDA.Ru's editors..
Rambler's Top100
Рейтинг@Mail.ru