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MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - A Georgian opposition leader and former state security minister said Tuesday he was not intending to seek political asylum in Russia.
In 1995, Igor Giorgadze, then Georgia's state security minister, left the South Caucasus state after an assassination attempt on President Eduard Shevardnadze. The ruling authorities accused him of masterminding the attack and charged him with terrorism.
"I am not going to flee and hide," Igor Giorgadze said adding that in Russia he would be able to have his charges dropped.
Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov said earlier that Russia could grant Giorgadze political asylum if he applied for it.
