Georgian Dies in Moscow Pending Court Ruling on Deportation Case

Manana Jabelia, 51, died in a detention center in Moscow six weeks after she was arrested and accused of migration offenses, Georgian media sources reported on December 3.

A Moscow court was expected to try Jabelia?s case on December 7. Relatives of Jabelia told the Georgian television stations that she suffered from heart problems.

Tengiz Togonidze, a 48-year-old Georgian citizen, died of an asthma attack on October 17 in Domodedovo airport in Moscow before being deported to Georgia. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said the death of Togonidze was the result of an ?inhumane, xenophobic? and ?anti-Georgian campaign? in Russia.

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