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3 February 2005 - 14:00 AMT

GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER ZURAB ZHVANIA DECEASED

On the night of February 2-3 Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania died. One of the versions of the death causes is poisoning by natural gas. Zhvania was a guest at the place of a friend – Deputy Governor of Kvemo Kartli Raul Usupov. The guard tried to phone their boss, but it was in vain. About four o’clock in the morning a decision was made to force the door of the flat. Both friends were found dead. A gas heater made in Iran was found in the room and it might have caused the death.