The foreigner, who was found dead in a stylish hotel in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, is a Russian citizen, not Georgian. 

News Georgia news agency reported the aforesaid citing a representative of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Georgia.

“We checked this information with the Embassy of Georgia in Armenia,” said the Georgian MFA representative. “According to our information, the young man that was found [dead] in the hotel is an ethnic Georgian, but he is a citizen of Russia.”

On February 11, the dead body of a foreign citizen was found in a room of Ani Plaza Hotel, in downtown Yerevan. 

Zurab Tamzadze, 24, was found dead on the bed of the hotel room, and with his veins cut, according to Shamshyan.com.

In addition a sticky tape was wrapped around his neck. 

Law enforcement officials believe that Tamzadze had committed suicide.