Georgia president mikheil saakashvili arrested
Georgia president mikheil saakashvili arrested
Nikoloz saakashvili.
Georgia arrests ex-President Saakashvili after return from exile
Georgia has arrested former President Mikheil Saakashvili after his return to the country following eight years in exile, as the ex-leader sought to mobilise supporters ahead of national municipal elections seen as critical to the country’s political makeup.
Local media showed a video of smiling Saakashvili being escorted into the Rustavi penitentiary institution on Friday evening.
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end of list“I want to inform the public that the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, is arrested.
He was transferred to a penitentiary institution,” Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told a news conference