FORMER GEORGIAN MP CHARGED WITH COUP ATTEMPT DETAINED ON ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER
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February 20, 2012 | 13:24
TBILISI. – Former MP was detained while attempting to cross
Armenian-Georgian border-line, Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs
informs.
According to the report, Valery Gelbakhiani was detained on Monday. He
has been on wanted list since February 2008 after he was charged with
coup attempt.
Valery Gelbakhiani was the head of headquarters of presidential
candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili.
Gelbakhiani fled the state after criminal proceedings were instigated
against him in 2008, Novosti-Gruziya reports. He circulated a letter
earlier this year asking security guarantees to visit his sick mother.
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