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Georgia pipeline plot suspect denies link to Ukraine

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Protester against the Gazprom pipeline wearing the Ukrainian flag outside the government building in Tbilisi, January 16, 2016. (DFWatch.)
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Protesters against Gazprom’s pipeline linked their cause to Ukraine’s conflict with Russia and the helicopter pilot Savchenko. (DF Watch.)
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The gas pipeline has been damaged by landslides several times, last in August 2014. (Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One of the seven men arrested in Georgia for planning to blow up a RussianĀ gas pipeline has denied any links to Ukraine.

The suspect Beka Bekauri is still in hospital after suffering serious head trauma. He has had an operation and his condition is now stable.

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