ABASHIDZE v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 47974/07Aslan ABASHIDZEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 4 September 2012 as a Chamber composed of: Egbert Myjer, President, Corneliu Bîrsan, Alvina Gyulumyan, Ján Šikuta, Luis López Guerra, Nona Tsotsoria, Kristina Pardalos, judges,and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 July 2007,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Aslan Abashidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1938 and currently lives in Moscow, the Russian Federation. He was represented before the Court by Mr Shalva Shavgulidze, a lawyer practising in Georgia.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  On 4 January 2006 the applicant, former Head of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic (see Assanidze v. Georgia [GC], no. 71503/01, §§ 63, 69 and 84, ECHR 2004‑II), w …