In Georgia, Saakashvili was sentenced to three years' imprisonment

The court in Tbilisi sentenced former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to three years in prison.

This is reported by the magazine Georgia Online.

Such a decision was announced by the judge of the Tbilisi City Court Georgiy Arevadze.

Saakashvili has been charged with "abuse of office" in the case of Sandro Girgvliani.

The judge acknowledged Saakashvili guilty and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for 3 years.

According to the investigation, Saakashvili promised the then head of the Department of Constitutional Security, Dahat Akhala, who will pardon those convicted for the murder of Sandro Girgvliani and later pardoned Gerontia Alania, Mikhail Bibyluridze, Avtandil Aptsiauri and Oleksandr Gachava.

It should be noted that this sentence creates grounds for the extradition of Saakashvili to Georgia.

Recall that on the evening of December 8, deprived citizenship of the ex-head of the Odessa Regional Administration Mikheil Saakashvili was detained in Kiev .

Attorney General Lutsenko said that Saakashvili was placed in a temporary detention center.

The public was watching live on events in Kiev after Saakashvili was arrested.

December 5 to Saakashvili's apartment came with searches . The politics were detained , but his supporters blocked the car security officers and fired politics . After that, Saakashvili and his associates headed for the Verkhovna Rada, where they arranged a rally.

Attorney General Lutsenko said that Saakashvili's arrest was linked to evidence of funding the rallies of the "Movement of New Forces" under the Soviets by the oligarch-fugitive Sergei Kurchenko . According to the GPU, the Saakashvili team received 500 thousand dollars from Russia.

Publicly watched live with events surrounding Saakashvili's detention.

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