Raul Usupov (

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

: ''რაულ უსუფოვი'' / ''Raul Usupovi'';

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: ''Raul Yusupov'') (1980 – February 3, 2005) was a politician in the nation of

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and deputy governor of

Kvemo Kartli Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი, az, Aşağı Kartli) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region (mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital. Location Kvem ...

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. He was born in the village of Karajala, near

Telavi Telavi ( ka, თელავი ) is the main city and administrative center of Georgia's eastern province of Kakheti. Its population consists of some 19,629 inhabitants (as of the year 2014). The city is located on the foothills of the Tsiv-Gombo ...

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, to

parents - Yashar and Lily Usupov. At the age of 20, he moved to

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, where he got married and had a daughter.Unanswered Questions Swirl Around Georgian Probe into Prime Minister's Death
by Molly Corso - Kvali Magazine, February 9, 2005. Retrieved August 22, 2006 He later joined Georgia's United National Movement, then led by

Zurab Zhvania Zurab Zhvania ( ka, ზურაბ ჟვანია; 9 December 1963 – 3 February 2005) was a Georgian politician, who served as Prime Minister of Georgia and Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia. Zhvania began his political career ...

(who later became Georgia's

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). He became a close friend of Zhvania and it was in Usupov's flat in Tbilisi that the two men were found dead in the early hours of the morning of 3 February 2005, apparently as a result of a natural gas leak, and with "no sign of foul play", according to Georgian authorities and

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officers.

References

1980 births 2005 deaths United National Movement (Georgia) politicians Georgian Azerbaijanis People from Telavi Accidental deaths in Georgia (country) Deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning {{Georgia-politician-stub