Posted on 12/03/2003 8:16:33 AM PST by HAL9000
Tbilisi. (Interfax) - Georgia's independent television channel Rustavi-2 reported that Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky, who currently resides in London, arrived in Tbilisi from Britain early Wednesday morning.Berezovsky was met at the airport by his friend, Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, Rustavi-2 reported.
Spokesman for the Georgian Border Department Shalva Lontaridze confirmed to the press that Berezovsky arrived in Tbilisi from London last night on a plane owned by Patarkatsishvili. He also said that Berezovsky was cleared through the customs with a passport under the name of Elenin Platon.
At 5 a.m., following a meeting with Patarkatsishvili, Berezovsky left Tbilisi on the same plane.
"The Georgian law-enforcement agencies had no right to detain Berezovsky as he is not on Georgia's wanted list," Lontaridze said. Berezovsky is being sought by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
Ummm, does he not enter through false pretense of false passport?
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