Putin Presents Condolences over Georgian PM’s Death

Civil Georgia (Tbilisi)
2005-02-03

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a letter of condolences to
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili regarding the death of Prime
Minister Zurab Zhvania, RIA Novosti news agency reported on February
3.

Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania was found dead, apparently by
gas poisoning in his friend’s apartment in Tbilisi on early hours of
February 3, Georgian Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili said.