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Russian Ambassador to Tbilisi Vladimir Chkhikvishvili was summoned to the Georgian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to hear a protest against Georgian opposition leader Igor Giorgadze\'s press conference in Moscow on May 24. Tbilisi also protested against statements made by high-ranking Russian officials staying that Moscow is prepared to grant political asylum to Giorgadze, a former Georgian security minister who is on Interpol\'s wanted list, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Russian ambassador met with Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Levan Choladze.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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