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Russian Army Deserter Prevented From Meeting His Mother

February 10, 2009

TBILISI -- Russian Army deserter Aleksandr Glukhov was unable to meet with his mother today.

Glukhov left his Russian military unit in South Ossetia last month and entered Tbilisi-controlled Georgian territory, asking for political asylum.

His mother arrived in South Ossetia on February 9 and talked to her son by phone.

Their meeting was planned for today, but Shota Utiashvili of Georgia's Interior Affairs Ministry told RFE/RL's Russian Service that Russian authorities did not allow the soldier's mother, Galina Glukhova, to travel to Georgian-controlled territory to meet her son.

Glukhov refuses to leave Georgia, fearing arrest and prosecution.

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Army_Deserter_Prevented_From_Meeting_His_Mother/1490796.html

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