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TWO DETAINED IN GEORGIA FOR RUSSIA ESPIONAGE CHARGES
Xinhua General News Service
November 1, 2010 Monday 5:55 AM EST
China
A local defense attorney has disclosed the identities of two Georgians
detained by Georgian authorities for alleged espionage activities
for Russia, local media reported on Monday.
The InterPressNews service quoted lawyer Nana Tsuladze as identifying
the clients as Armen Gevorkyan and Ruben Shikoyan.
"I don't know (the) exact number of the detained," the lawyer told the
news service, "What about my clients, they are ethnically Armenians,
citizens of Georgia. Before their arrest, they worked in one of the
companies inspecting cargoes and oil. Gevorkyan was director of the
company. Shikoyan was his assistant."
A foreign news service on Oct. 29 broke out the news of the detention
of some 20 Georgian citizens detained for alleged spying activities
but neither the Georgian foreign ministry nor the country's interior
ministry has so far confirmed the incident.
Georgia and Russia have seen bitter spy rows in the past. In 2006,
Georgia detained four Russian servicemen on espionage charges before
handing them over to Russia via OSCE. In March this year, Russia
emitted sentences of lengthy imprisonment to one Georgian and two
Russians for espionage charges.
From: A. Papazian
Xinhua General News Service
November 1, 2010 Monday 5:55 AM EST
China
A local defense attorney has disclosed the identities of two Georgians
detained by Georgian authorities for alleged espionage activities
for Russia, local media reported on Monday.
The InterPressNews service quoted lawyer Nana Tsuladze as identifying
the clients as Armen Gevorkyan and Ruben Shikoyan.
"I don't know (the) exact number of the detained," the lawyer told the
news service, "What about my clients, they are ethnically Armenians,
citizens of Georgia. Before their arrest, they worked in one of the
companies inspecting cargoes and oil. Gevorkyan was director of the
company. Shikoyan was his assistant."
A foreign news service on Oct. 29 broke out the news of the detention
of some 20 Georgian citizens detained for alleged spying activities
but neither the Georgian foreign ministry nor the country's interior
ministry has so far confirmed the incident.
Georgia and Russia have seen bitter spy rows in the past. In 2006,
Georgia detained four Russian servicemen on espionage charges before
handing them over to Russia via OSCE. In March this year, Russia
emitted sentences of lengthy imprisonment to one Georgian and two
Russians for espionage charges.
From: A. Papazian