TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who helped lead the revolution that toppled the corruption-tainted regime of Eduard Shevardnadze, was killed early Thursday by an apparent natural gas leak, the ex-Soviet republic’s interior minister said.

Get everything from Neeka here. For Georgia, they have definitely lost a good man. And since he was in the midst of negotiating deals with the separatist regions like South Ossetia, how will those play out now?

UPDATE: Bill has more about why Georgia matter to America at his blog. Check that out.

UPDATE: My senator, John McCain, has some words on the death.