People come to express their words of sympathy and support to the Embassy of Abkhazia in the
Russian capital where is the book of condolences in connection with the tragic death of the
Prime Minister of the republic.

Semyon Grigoriev, the first ambassador of Russia in Abkhazia, now the head of the department
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for interparliamentary relations,
Alexey Pavlovsky, the head of the Fourth Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Federation, his deputy Mikhail Shurgalin left the record in the memorial book.

The diplomats expressed their condolences to Igor Akhba, the Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Russian Federation and left notes in the
mourning book. "On behalf of the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian
Federation I express my sincere condolences to the friendly people of Abkhazia in connection
with the tragic death of Gennady Gagulia, the Prime Minister... In Russia he will be remembered
as a consistent and determined supporter of strengthening friendship and alliance between our
countries," writes A. Pavlovsky.

Arsen Kanokov, the deputy chairman of the International Affairs Committee visited the Embassy
and expressed condolences, the member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
Harbi Musa, the adviser-envoy of the Djibouti Embassy in Russia, Georgy Muradov, the
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea under the President of the Russian
Federation, Gamzat Gamzatov, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of
Dagestan under the President of the Russian Federation, Sergey Stol, the First Deputy Permanent
Representative of the Karachaevo-Cherkess Republic under the President of the Russian
Federation, Boris Dzhanaev, Permanent Representative of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
under the President of the Russian Federation Boris Dzhanaev left the records in the memorial
book.

The condolences were expressed by Alba Torres, the Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of
Nicaragua in the Russian Federation and Znaur Gassiev, the Ambassador of the Republic of
South Ossetia.

Taras Shamba, the honorary President of the World Congress of the Abkhaz-Abazin people,
public figure wrote in the mourning book that "the tragic death of Gennady Gagulia, a prominent
state and public figure, is a loss for the entire multinational people of Abkhazia." Beslan
Kobakhia, a member of the Supreme Council of the World Abhaz-Abazin Congress and a doctor
of historical sciences, an Arabist who accompanied as an interpreter of the Abkhazian delegation
to Syria, Dmitry Mikulsky, representatives of the Abazin and Circassian diasporas of Moscow
headed by Professor Yuri Agirbov left the record in the memorial book.

The Embassy continues to receive telegrams of condolences in connection with the tragic death
of Gennady Gagulia, the Prime Minister.

Source: Embassy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Russian Federation