Georgia Denies Extradition of Terrorist Suspect

(Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, December 9, 2002) – Georgian authorities denies Russian news agencies reports on extradition of Yusuf Krymshamkhalov, one of the prime suspects believed to be behind the 1999 deadly blasts in Moscow and southern Russia.

“We do not confirm the information. Krymshamkhalov has never been in Georgia, thus we could not handed over him to Russia,” Nika Laliashvili, Spokesman for the Georgian State Security Ministry told the Civil Georgia on December 9.

Georgian Justice Ministry has also denied the report on extradition of the terrorist suspect.

Russia’s media sources reported that Krymshamkhalov, a senior aide to Achimez Gochiyayev, the man who Russia says was the mastermind behind the bombings of the apartment buildings in Moscow and in South Russia, was arrested in Pankisi gorge.

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