Saakashvili

<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">pro trump in terms of real estate but enemy of putin</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an 6 22</font></div><div style=""><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">c<a href="https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/?s=Christina+Pushaw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><strong>hristina Pushaw</strong></a>, the spokesperson and press secretary to Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, has registered as a foreign agent of a<b style="">&nbsp;former president of the country of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili</b>, after a U.S. Dept. of Justice inquiry into her activities.</font></div><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pushaw’s attorney, Michael Sherwin,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/08/christina-pushaw-desantis-foreign-agent-saakashvili/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">The Washington Post</a>&nbsp;reports, says she was paid $25,000 for her work from 2018 to 2020. DeSantis was elected in 2018. According to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-pushaw/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">a LinkedIn profile with Pushaw’s name</a>, Pushaw began working for the Florida governor in 2021.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sherwin told the Post that “Ms. Pushaw was notified recently by the DOJ that her work on behalf of Mr. Saakashvilli likely required FARA registration. Ms. Pushaw filed for the registration retroactively as soon as she was made aware.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">That LinkedIn profile also says Pushaw is the “Founder of an NGO [non-governmental organization] in Georgia (Eastern Europe) educating and empowering the next generation of young leaders,” and that she has a “Master’s in International Relations & Economics from Johns Hopkins University.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For almost three years, from January 2018 to November 2020, the profile also says, she was a “Campaign Strategist” for a “Georgian opposition party.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But in April&nbsp;<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/christina-pushaw-ron-desantis-libsoftiktok-groomer.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Slate</a>&nbsp;reported that “Pushaw said in a&nbsp;<a href="http://gtarchive.georgiatoday.ge/news/13213/Controversy:-Christina-Pushaw-on-the-Elections" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">November 2018 interview</a>&nbsp;with the English-language news site Georgia Today that she was in the country working with NGOs—and said expressly that she was not being paid to speak on Saakashvili’s behalf.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>“She was, in her own words, ‘not working for anyone who’s running for office in Georgia or who is holding office in Georgia or any foreign country.’ This would seem to contradict her LinkedIn page.”</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Slate also called Pushaw “an aggressive Twitter user. On an indicative day this month, she posted on the site 83 times—a mix of original comments, retweets of conservative media figures and outlets, and replies to other right-wing users. Unfortunately for the historical record, she appears to have deleted all her tweets from the time before she was hired in Florida, which was in May 2021.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Editorial Board of the&nbsp;<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220307022316/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-pushaw-nazis-orlando-20220208-p4tssmj3srff3dkmgzplbs5agu-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Florida Sun-Sentinel</a>&nbsp;called Pushaw a “combative, divisive and highly partisan political operative,” in a piece titled, “The tweeting, deleting operative who does DeSantis’ distorting.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Washington Post also points to Pushaw’s activities on Twitter:</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Pushaw, a year into her tenure as DeSantis’s press secretary, has become a prominent protector of her boss and a fierce critic of the media. Twitter briefly&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-health-arts-and-entertainment-coronavirus-pandemic-philanthropy-ae3f2d37495c5a1d6c7eb2e18f825b26" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">locked her account</a>&nbsp;last year after the Associated Press said the criticism she directed at a reporter caused him to receive death threats.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pushaw did not address the Washinton Post piece about her status as a foreign agent of a Georgian politician directly, but in her unique fashion, tweeted this:</font></p><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://medium.com/dfrlab/russian-tv-ties-biden-to-its-saakashvili-organ-trade-conspiracy-theory-ef9c7ce26660">https://medium.com/dfrlab/russian-tv-ties-biden-to-its-saakashvili-organ-trade-conspiracy-theory-ef9c7ce26660</a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Russian TV Ties Biden to Its Saakashvili Organ Trade Conspiracy Theory</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Kremlin-controlled TV channel NTV accuses Joe Biden of covering up the Saakashvili family’s “role” in the global human organ trade</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">@DFRLab</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">@DFRLab</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Follow</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Jun 14 · 6 min read</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">(Source: EtoBuziashvili/DFRLab via YouTube)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">As the 2020 United States presidential election comes closer, the Kremlin media targeted candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden by incorporating his name into a preexisting disinformation campaign focused on a former president of Georgia.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">From May 21 to May 23, 2019, Russian state-controlled TV channel “???” (NTV) released a three part “documentary” about Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili, accusing him — among other things — of being controlled by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, blackmailing Ukrainian ex-President Poroshenko, and engaging in the human organ trade. At first glance, there was nothing new in the Kremlin media’s reports, with the exception of one detail: NTV claimed that Biden played a role in covering up the Saakashvili family’s alleged role in the organ trade.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">By introducing Biden, who entered the race for the 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential nomination at the end of April 2019, into an old disinformation narrative about “Saakashvili’s crimes,” NTV likely aimed to damage his reputation ahead of the U.S. elections. Before announcing his candidacy, Biden had warned of the efforts of foreign countries — particularly Russia — to meddle in upcoming U.S. elections, as well as of the threats influence and disinformation operations pose to the democratic process.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Saakashvili and Putin: A History of Tension</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Mikheil Saakashvili came to power after the 2003 “Rose Revolution,” a peaceful series of protests in Georgia that were followed by regime change and marked the beginning of Georgia’s pro-Western pivot. During Saakashvili’s presidency, Russia invaded Georgia and fought a brief war in 2008.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Saakashvili and Russian President Vladimir Putin have a long track-record of insulting statements toward each other: Saakashvili once referred to Putin as “Liliputin,” a reference to the little people in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, and&nbsp;<b>Putin once threatened to hang Saakashvili “by the balls</b>.” The tense personal relationship between the two leaders, as well as the Kremlin’s aggression toward Georgia, has repeatedly made Saakashvili a target of Russian state-controlled media.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Lies, Damned Lies, and the Kremlin Media</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The conspiracy that the Saakashvili family had engaged in the illicit organ trade are not new. According to the Media Development Foundation, a Georgian media literacy nonprofit, a<b>&nbsp;media portal called Exclusive News published a fabricated video in 2016 allegedly released by the head of the State Security Service of Ukraine</b>. The video purportedly told a story how&nbsp;<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Mikheil Saakashvili’s wife traded the organs of wounded<b>&nbsp;Ukrainian</b>&nbsp;soldiers.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Fabricated video footage accusing Saakashvili family of trading organs of wounded Ukrainian soldiers. (Source: Media Development Foundation)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The video uploaded by the user ????????????? ?????? ????? (Ukrainian: Information Portal “Word”) has 351 subscribers and only seven videos on its channel — all of them related to Ukrainian politics. The video shows an unidentified person sitting with their back to the camera and telling a 10-minute story of how the organs were removed from Ukrainian soldiers and then traded, and how Saakashvili family led the business. The claims, however, were not supported by any actual evidence, as it was merely a story told by an anonymous person.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Anonymous individual tells a story of Saakashvili family trading organs of wounded Ukrainian soldiers. (Source: YouTube)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>NTV revived the story for its recent “documentary” series, the first part of which primarily focused on the family’s alleged role in the organ trading business.</b>Despite this particular disinformation narrative featuring in Kremlin-controlled outlets’ reporting for the past three years, the documentary constituted the first time the narrative included former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, accusing him of covering up the Saakashvili family’s “organs business.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>NTV is owned by Gazprom Media,</b>&nbsp;a subsidiary of Russian energy company Gazprom, which itself evolved from the Soviet Ministry of Gas into a private corporation and is now a Russian state-owned company. As a result, the Russian government is able to exert de facto control of NTV via Gazprom’s media subsidiary. In 2018, Gazprom doubled its annual net profit by achieving record sales to Europe.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The three-part documentary, titled Saakashvili. The Battle for Ukraine,” belongs to a series titled “Based On a True Story.</span>” The series describes itself as “exclusive footage obtained by the NTV team, as well as scenes that have never been published before.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The Kremlin-controlled NTV’s three part “documentary” about Georgia’s ex-President, titled “Saakashvili. The Battle for Ukraine.” (Source: 1. YouTube/archive; 2. YouTube/archive; 3. YouTube/archive)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>The program, however, is not based on evidence, but rather, on interviews with so-called “experts in the field” with unverified credentials,</b>&nbsp;including some who remain completely anonymous with their backs to the camera. The tactic of employing fake experts is not a novel one for Kremlin-controlled TV channels. In addition, the EU’s East StratCom Task Force has previously identified the NTV channel in particular as a wellspring for disinformation narratives.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">NTV’s introduction to the first part of the Saakashvili “documentary” began with a sensationalist line of questioning: “How did [Saakashvili’s] wife supervise the trade in organs of wounded Ukrainians?” “Why did Joe Biden cover up these crimes?” “What did Saakashvili blackmail Poroshenko with?” “Why did Poroshenko not give away the runaway Saakashvili to Georgia?” The same questions appeared in the program description under the video on YouTube.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Kremlin-controlled NTV’s description of the “documentary” about Georgia’s ex-president Saakashvili. The video includes the only moment Biden appears in the footage. The highlighted part reads: “Why did Joe Biden cover up these crimes?” in reference to claims that the Saakashvili family had engaged in the illegal organ trade. (Source: YouTube)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Interestingly, despite making claims about Biden’s role, the documentary footage did not feature him; it merely flashed his image for two seconds and asked the audience to stay tuned for his role in the Saakashvili family’s criminal enterprise, implying a future exposé on the topic that has yet to materialize. The DFRLab did not find previous NTV programming to have made unsubstantiated allegations regarding Biden.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Spread of the Narrative</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>NTV’s YouTube channel has 5.5 million subscribers,</b>&nbsp;but engagement with the video was relatively low: it garnered 12,917 views and 91 comments, some of which were negative comments about Saakashvili; roughly half of the comments, however, emphasized the inauthenticity of the video and deemed it Kremlin propaganda.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Using the online analytics tool Sysomos, the DFRLab scanned for mentions of the words “??? ??????” (“Joe Biden”) together with “????????” (which translates to “with organs,” in a Russian grammatical case) on online platforms in both English and Russian between May 23 and May 29, 2019 — from the day the narrative appeared to the day this analysis was written. Sysomos registered only 14 mentions of both terms together in Russian across all platforms.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Mentions of the keywords “??? ??????” (“Joe Biden”) and “????????” (“with organs”) in Russian during the period from May 23 to May 29, 2019. (Source: @EtoBuziashvili/DFRLab via Sysomos)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Sysomos registered only 22 mentions of the words “Joe Biden” and “organs” in English across all platforms within the period of analysis.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Mentions of the keywords “Joe Biden” and “organs” in English during the period from May 23 to May 29, 2019. (Source: @EtoBuziashvili/DFRLab via Sysomos)</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The Sysomos results suggested that the spread of the narrative across Russian and English online platforms was very low. The scan, however, only registered observations from the surveyed week.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Kremlin-controlled media have routinely discredited the Kremlin’s opponents by using sensational headlines and recycling false narratives.&nbsp;</b>In particular, the narrative that Saakashvili’s family engaged in the illegal organ trade has circulated in Kremlin-controlled media for several years. Introducing Biden into the existing narrative now, early in the former vice president’s 2020 presidential run, may indicate that the Kremlin media — similar to the U.S. media — sees Biden as the current front-runner in the race and therefore is seeking to diminish his standing through a disinformation campaign.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">The DFRLab will continue to monitor the spread of this particular Kremlin disinformation narrative regarding Biden.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Eto Buziashvili is a Research Assistant with the Digital Forensic Research Lab and is based in Georgia.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Follow along for more in-depth analysis from our #DigitalSherlocks.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">DFRLab</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;" /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">@AtlanticCouncil’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Catalyzing a global network of digital forensic researchers, following conflicts in real time.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></strong></p></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Still, even after Cohen had joined the Trump Organization, he harbored personal political dreams. In 2010, Cohen mounted a second unsuccessful campaign, this time for the New York state Senate. Among his donors in that race were shipping magnate <b>Oleg Mitnik </b>and tobacco tycoon and New York real estate man Howard Lorber, one of Donald Trump’s closest friends.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">At a Trump Tower press conference in early 2011, Cohen took the public stage as an international dealmaker. “Seven months ago, at the request of a dear friend of mine from&nbsp;<b>Georgia, Giorgi Rtskhiladze,</b>&nbsp;I traveled to the Republic of Georgia to explore several real estate opportunities on behalf of Mr. Trump,” Cohen said in his unmistakable Long Island accent. <b>He then introduced Trump and the then-president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili.</b> Cohen continued to expand his role within the Trump universe. It had become simultaneously global, national and highly local. The Trump Organization’s business model had shifted, from building high-end Manhattan properties to scoping for international licensing deals, particularly in the former Soviet Union. Cohen, along with Trump’s adult children, headed up this effort.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The ostensible purpose of the press conference was to talk up a planned tower in the city of Batumi, on the Black Sea coast. But most of the questions centered on Donald Trump’s possible run for president.</font></p></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style=""><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Mikheil Saakashvili</b>&nbsp;(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgian</a>:&nbsp;<span lang="ka" title="Georgian language text">მიხეილ სააკაშვილი</span>,&nbsp;<i>Mixeil Saak’ašvili</i>&nbsp;<small style="">IPA:&nbsp;</small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Georgian" title="Help:IPA/Georgian" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none !important;">[miˈχɛil ˈsɑːkʼɑʃvili]</a></span>;&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ukrainian</a>:&nbsp;<span lang="uk">Міхеіл Саакашвілі</span>,&nbsp;<i>Micheil Saakašvili</i>; born 21 December 1967) is a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia(country)" title="Georgia (country)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgian</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ukrainian</a>&nbsp;politician.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a></sup>&nbsp;He was the third&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Georgia" title="President of Georgia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">President of Georgia</a>&nbsp;for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. From May 2015 until November 2016, Saakashvili was the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Odessa_Oblast" title="Governor of Odessa Oblast" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Governor</a>&nbsp;of Ukraine's&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Oblast" title="Odessa Oblast" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Odessa Oblast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PaSr91116_1-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-PaSr91116-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbcRa_10-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-bbcRa-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a></sup>&nbsp;He is the founder and former chairman of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Movement(Georgia)" title="United National Movement (Georgia)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United National Movement</a>&nbsp;party.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Involved in </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Georgian politics since 1995, Saakashvili became president in January 2004 after President&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Eduard Shevardnadze</a>&nbsp;resigned in the November 2003 bloodless "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Revolution" title="Rose Revolution" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rose Revolution</a>" led by Saakashvili a</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">nd his political allies,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Burjanadze" title="Nino Burjanadze" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Nino Burjanadze</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurab_Zhvania" title="Zurab Zhvania" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Zurab Zhvania</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. He was re-elected in the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_presidential_election,2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian presidential election, 2008" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Georgian presidential election</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;on 5 January 2008. He was widely regarded as a pro-NATO and pro-West leader who spearheaded a series of political and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic reform" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">economic reforms</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. In 2010, he had a 67% approval rating</span><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;despite being criticized by the opposition for his alleged authoritarian tendencies and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud" title="Electoral fraud" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">electoral fraud</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On 2 October 2012, Saakashvili admitted his party's defeat in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_parliamentary_election,2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian parliamentary election, 2012" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgia's parliamentary election</a>&nbsp;against the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_Dream" title="Georgian Dream" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgian Dream</a>&nbsp;coalition led by the tycoon&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidzina_Ivanishvili" title="Bidzina Ivanishvili" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bidzina Ivanishvili</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_13-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></sup>He was barred by the constitution of Georgia from seeking a third term in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_presidential_election,2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian presidential election, 2013" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2013 presidential election</a>, which was won by the Georgian Dream's candidate&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi_Margvelashvili" title="Giorgi Margvelashvili" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Giorgi Margvelashvili</a>. Shortly after the election, Saakashvili left Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcn1615sio_14-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-bbcn1615sio-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a></sup>&nbsp;Saakashvili is wanted by Georgia's new government on multiple criminal charges, which he decries as politically motivated.<sup id="cite_ref-civ28044_15-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-civ28044-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saakashvili energetically supported&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ukraine</a>'s&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan" title="Euromaidan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Euromaidan</a>&nbsp;movement and the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_revolution" title="2014 Ukrainian revolution" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2014 Ukrainian revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nwsgor_16-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-nwsgor-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a></sup>&nbsp;On 30 May 2015,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ukrainian President</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Petro Poroshenko</a>&nbsp;appointed Saakashvili as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Odessa_Oblast" title="Governor of Odessa Oblast" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Governor</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Oblast" title="Odessa Oblast" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Odessa Oblast</a>&nbsp;(region).<sup id="cite_ref-Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty_17-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a></sup>&nbsp;He was also granted&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian citizenship" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ukrainian citizenship</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty_17-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a></sup>&nbsp;and due to restrictions on&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_nationality_law" title="Georgian nationality law" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">dual nationality under Georgian law</a>, was stripped of his Georgian citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a></sup>&nbsp;On 7 November 2016, Saakashvili resigned as Governor while blaming President Poroshenko personally for enabling corruption in Odessa and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine" title="Corruption in Ukraine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">in Ukraine</a>&nbsp;overall.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcRa_10-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-bbcRa-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a></sup>&nbsp;Four days later he announced his goal to create a new political party called&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_of_New_Forces" title="Movement of New Forces" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Movement of New Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MW111116_21-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-MW111116-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stsnp111116_22-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-Stsnp111116-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On 26 July</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> 2017, Saakashvili (at the time staying in the U.S.) was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship by Petro Poroshenko, and became a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statelessness" title="Statelessness" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">stateless person</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-auto-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[24]</a></sup>&nbsp;But he soon told the press he wanted to return to Ukraine to "get rid of the old corrupt elite" there.</span><sup id="cite_ref-SBBC28717_25-0" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-SBBC28717-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a></sup></font></p><div id="toc" class="toc" style="background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="direction: ltr; position: absolute; opacity: 0; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;">
</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Early_life_and_education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Early life and education</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Election_to_Georgian_Parliament" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Election to Georgian Parliament</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#In_the_United_National_Movement" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">In the United National Movement</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#First_presidency" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">First presidency</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Economic_and_government_reforms" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Economic and government reforms</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Law_and_order" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Law and order</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Military_reforms" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Military reforms</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Education_reform" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Education reform</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Health_reforms" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Health reforms</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Foreign_relations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Foreign relations</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Assassination_attempt" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.7</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Assassination attempt</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#2007_crisis" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4.8</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2007 crisis</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Second_presidency" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Second presidency</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#2008_presidential_election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2008 presidential election</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Changes_in_the_Cabinet" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Changes in the Cabinet</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Russo-Georgian_War" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Russo-Georgian War</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#2009_opposition_demonstrations_and_armed_mutiny" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2009 opposition demonstrations and armed mutiny</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Prison_conditions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Prison conditions</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#End_of_presidency" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">End of presidency</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Legal_prosecution(in_Georgia)since_end_of_presidency" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5.7</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Legal prosecution (in Georgia) since end of presidency</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Ukraine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Ukraine</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Governor_of_Odessa" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Governor of Odessa</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Movement_of_New_Forces" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Movement of New Forces</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Stripping_of_Ukrainian_citizenship" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6.3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Stripping of Ukrainian citizenship</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Legal_prosecution(in_Ukraine)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6.4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Legal prosecution (in Ukraine)</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">7</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Criticism_and_approbation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">8</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Criticism and approbation</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Notes" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">9</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Notes</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">10</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#Further_reading" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">11</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Further reading</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">12</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mikheil_Saakashvili&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life and education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saakashvili was born to a Georgian family in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tbilisi</a>&nbsp;on 21 December 1967, capital of the then&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic</a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Soviet Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-president.gov.ge_26-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-president.gov.ge-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rulers_27-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-rulers-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a></sup>&nbsp;His father, Nikoloz Saakashvili, is a physician who practices medicine in Tbilisi and directs a local&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balneological" class="mw-redirect" title="Balneological" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Balneological</a>&nbsp;Center. His mother,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuli_Alasania" title="Giuli Alasania" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Giuli Alasania</a>, is a historian who lectures at&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi_State_University" title="Tbilisi State University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tbilisi State University</a>.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During university, he served his shortened military service in 1989–1990 with the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Border_Troops" title="Soviet Border Troops" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Soviet Border Troops</a>' checkpoint unit in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boryspil_International_Airport" title="Boryspil International Airport" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Boryspil Airport</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ukraine</a>&nbsp;(then as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic</a>&nbsp;also a part of the Soviet Union). Saakashvili graduated from the Institute of International Relations (Department of International Law) of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Shevchenko_National_University_of_Kyiv" title="Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv</a>&nbsp;(in then independent Ukraine) in 1992. At this university he was friends with later&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">President of Ukraine</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Petro Poroshenko</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a></sup>&nbsp;While in Ukraine Saakashvili participated in the October 1990 student protest known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_on_Granite" title="Revolution on Granite" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Revolution on Granite</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saakashvili briefly worked as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">human rights</a>&nbsp;officer for the interim State Council of Georgia following the overthrow of President&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zviad_Gamsakhurdia" title="Zviad Gamsakhurdia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Zviad Gamsakhurdia</a>&nbsp;before receiving a fellowship from the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="United States State Department" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States State Department</a>&nbsp;(via the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_S.Muskie_Graduate_Fellowship_Program" title="Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program</a>). He received an&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of laws" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">LL.M.</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Columbia Law School</a>&nbsp;in 1994 and took classes at the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_International_and_Public_Affairs,Columbia_University" title="School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">School of International and Public Affairs</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Washington_University_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="The George Washington University Law School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">The George Washington University Law School</a>&nbsp;the following year. In 1995, he also received a diploma from the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Institute_of_Human_Rights" title="International Institute of Human Rights" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">International Institute of Human Rights</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Strasbourg</a>, France.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></font></p><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Election_to_Georgian_Parliament">Election to Georgian Parliament</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mikheil_Saakashvili&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Election to Georgian Parliament" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He interned at the United Nations.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a></sup>&nbsp;After graduation, while on internship in the New York law firm of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson_Belknap_Webb%26_Tyler" title="Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler</a>&nbsp;in early 1995, Saakashvili was approached by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurab_Zhvania" title="Zurab Zhvania" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Zurab Zhvania</a>, an old friend from Georgia who was working on behalf of President&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Eduard Shevardnadze</a>&nbsp;to enter politics. He stood in the December 1995 elections along with Zhvania, and both men won seats in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Georgia" title="Parliament of Georgia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">parliament</a>, standing for the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Citizens_of_Georgia" title="Union of Citizens of Georgia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Union of Citizens of Georgia</a>, Shevardnadze's party.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saakashvili was chairman of the parliamentary committee which was in charge of creating a new electoral system, an independent judiciary and a non-political police force. Opinion surveys recognised him to be the second most popular person in Georgia, behind Shevardnadze. He was named "man of the year"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (September 2008)">dubious</span></a>&nbsp;<span class="metadata">–&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mikheil_Saakashvili#not_verifiable" title="Talk:Mikheil Saakashvili" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">discuss</a></span></i>]</sup>&nbsp;by a panel of journalists and human rights advocates in 1997. In January 2000, Saakashvili was appointed Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Council of Europe</a>.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On 12 October 2000, Saakashvili became Minister of Justice for the government of President Shevardnadze. He initiated major reforms in the Georgian criminal justice and prisons system. This earned praise<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (September 2008)">dubious</span></a>&nbsp;<span class="metadata">–&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mikheil_Saakashvili#not_verifiable" title="Talk:Mikheil Saakashvili" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">discuss</a></span></i>]</sup>&nbsp;from international observers and human rights activists.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>&nbsp;But in mid-2001, he became involved in a major controversy with the State Security Minister Vakhtang Kutateladze and Tbilisi police chief Ioseb Alavidze, accusing them of profiting from corrupt business deals.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saakashvili resigned on 5 September 2001, saying that "I consider it immoral for me to remain as a member of Shevardnadze's government." He declared that corruption had penetrated to the very center of the Georgian government and that Shevardnadze lacked the will to deal with it, warning that "current developments in Georgia will turn the country into a criminal enclave in one or two years."</font></p><h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="In_the_United_National_Movement">In the United National Movement</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mikheil_Saakashvili&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: In the United National Movement" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Further information:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Revolution" title="Rose Revolution" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rose Revolution</a></font></div><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">...</font></div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px;"><div data-hveid="CAwQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFSgAMAB6BAgMEAA"><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAAegQIDBAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAAegQIDBAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAAegQIDBAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Mikheil Saakashvili - Wikipedia</a></font></font></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 2px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><cite class="iUh30" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili</cite></font></div><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 1px 3px 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="GHDvEf ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Saakashvili&oq=Saakashvili&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.3846j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b0" aria-label="Result Options" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q7B0wAHoECAwQAg" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 1px 0px 2px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; background-image: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 7.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QqR8wAHoECAwQAw" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:goihrPHWeeAJ:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:goihrPHWeeAJ:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili%2B%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAAegQIDBAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 18px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mikheil&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili</span>&nbsp;is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician. He was the third President of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17&nbsp;...</font></span></a></font><div class="P1usbc" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qrz0wAHoECAwQBg" style="display: table; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></font><div class="VNLkW" style="display: table-row; vertical-align: top;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></font><div class="i4vd5e" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qsz0oADAAegQIDBAH" style="display: table-cell;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzAAegQIDBAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Political party</b>‎: ‎</font></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_of_New_Forces" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_of_New_Forces&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qs2YoADAAegQIDBAI" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">Movement of New Forces</a>‎; ‎<a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Movement(Georgia)" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Movement(Georgia)&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qs2YoATAAegQIDBAJ" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">United ...</a></font></font></div><div class="G1Rrjc" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qsz0oATAAegQIDBAK" style="display: table-cell; padding-left: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Citizenship</b>‎: ‎<a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_people" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_people&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qs2YoADAAegQIDBAL" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">Soviet</a>‎ (1967–1991); Georgian ...</font></div></div><div class="k6DEPe"><div class="i4vd5e" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qsz0oAjAAegQIDBAM" style="display: table-cell;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Born</b>‎: ‎21 December 1967 (age 51); ‎<a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Qs2YoADAAegQIDBAN" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">Tbilisi</a>‎, Geo...</font></div></div></div><div class="osl" style="margin-top: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">‎<a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badri_Patarkatsishvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badri_Patarkatsishvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q0gIoADAAegQIDBAP" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">Badri Patarkatsishvili</a>&nbsp;·&nbsp;‎<a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Roelofs" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Roelofs&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q0gIoATAAegQIDBAQ" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">Sandra Roelofs</a>&nbsp;·&nbsp;‎<a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi_Margvelashvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi_Margvelashvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q0gIoAjAAegQIDBAR" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">Giorgi Margvelashvili</a>&nbsp;·&nbsp;‎<a class="fl" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Burjanadze" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Burjanadze&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q0gIoAzAAegQIDBAS" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer;">Nino Burjanadze</a></font></div></div><div data-base-uri="/search" id="ed_20" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q2Z0BMAB6BAgMEBM"><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px;"><div data-hveid="CBAQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFSgAMAF6BAgQEAA"><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjABegQIEBAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjABegQIEBAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjABegQIEBAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">The rise and fall of Mikheil Saakashvili – POLITICO</a></font></font></font></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 2px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><cite class="iUh30" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/</cite></font></div><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 1px 3px 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="GHDvEf ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Saakashvili&oq=Saakashvili&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.3846j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b1" aria-label="Result Options" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q7B0wAXoECBAQAg" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 1px 0px 2px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; background-image: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 7.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QqR8wAXoECBAQAw" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8g18aAm3l0IJ:https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:8g18aAm3l0IJ:https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/%2B%26cd%3D2%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDABegQIEBAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 18px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8g18aAm3l0IJ:https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:8g18aAm3l0IJ:https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/%2B%26cd%3D2%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDABegQIEBAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="f" style="">Feb 12, 2018 -&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili's</span>&nbsp;legal woes in Ukraine are no less severe. In December, he twice tried to evade arrest by Ukrainian authorities attempting to detain&nbsp;...</font></span></a></font></font></div><div data-base-uri="/search" id="ed_26" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q2Z0BMAF6BAgQEAY"><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px;"><div data-hveid="CAMQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFSgAMAJ6BAgDEAA"><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8g18aAm3l0IJ:https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:8g18aAm3l0IJ:https://www.politico.eu/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikheil-saakashvili/%2B%26cd%3D2%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDABegQIEBAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjACegQIAxAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font></font></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjACegQIAxAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjACegQIAxAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">I want to clear my name and return to Georgia, Saakashvili tells ...</a></font></font></font></font></font></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 2px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><cite class="iUh30 bc" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.euronews.com › News › World</cite></font></div><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 1px 3px 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="GHDvEf ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Saakashvili&oq=Saakashvili&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.3846j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b2" aria-label="Result Options" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q7B0wAnoECAMQAw" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 1px 0px 2px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; background-image: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 7.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QqR8wAnoECAMQBA" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Uck814jUUSMJ:https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:Uck814jUUSMJ:https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte%2B%26cd%3D3%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDACegQIAxAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 18px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Uck814jUUSMJ:https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:Uck814jUUSMJ:https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte%2B%26cd%3D3%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDACegQIAxAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="f" style="">Nov 2, 2018 -&nbsp;</span>Ex-Georgia president Mikheil&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili</span>&nbsp;claims Russia has hacked his e-mail and is trying to meddle in Georgia’s election.<wbr />&nbsp;... But with his ally Grigol Vashadze the frontrunner to win Georgia’s presidential run-off, the door has opened for&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili’s</span>&nbsp;return.</font></span></a></font></font></div></div></div></div><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px;"><div data-hveid="CA4QAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFSgAMAN6BAgOEAA"><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Uck814jUUSMJ:https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:Uck814jUUSMJ:https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/i-want-to-clear-my-name-and-return-to-georgia-saakashvili-tells-euronews-in-exclusive-inte%2B%26cd%3D3%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDACegQIAxAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjADegQIDhAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font></font></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjADegQIDhAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjADegQIDhAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Mikheil Saakashvili | Biography, Politicians, History, & Facts ...</a></font></font></font></font></font></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 2px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><cite class="iUh30" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili</cite></font></div><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 1px 3px 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="GHDvEf ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Saakashvili&oq=Saakashvili&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.3846j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b3" aria-label="Result Options" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q7B0wA3oECA4QAg" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 1px 0px 2px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; background-image: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 7.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QqR8wA3oECA4QAw" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xt901cCqKDwJ:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:xt901cCqKDwJ:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili%2B%26cd%3D4%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDADegQIDhAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzADegQIDhAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 18px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzADegQIDhAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mikheil&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili</span>, Mikheil also spelled Mikhail, (born December 21, 1967, Tbilisi, Georgia, U.S.S.R.), Georgian politician who was instrumental in easing Pres.</font></span></a></font></font></div><div data-base-uri="/search" id="ed_21" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q2Z0BMAN6BAgOEAY"><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px;"><div data-hveid="CA0QAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFSgAMAR6BAgNEAA"><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=related:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikheil-Saakashvili+Saakashvili&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QHzADegQIDhAF" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAEegQIDRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font></font></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAEegQIDRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAEegQIDRAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Georgian Court Upholds Sentence Against Ex-President Saakashvili</a></font></font></font></font></font></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 2px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><cite class="iUh30" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds...ex...saakashvili/29615345.html</cite></font></div><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 1px 3px 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="GHDvEf ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Saakashvili&oq=Saakashvili&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.3846j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b4" aria-label="Result Options" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q7B0wBHoECA0QAg" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 1px 0px 2px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; background-image: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 7.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QqR8wBHoECA0QAw" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nwnGGFZzBjkJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:nwnGGFZzBjkJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html%2B%26cd%3D5%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAEegQIDRAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 18px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nwnGGFZzBjkJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:nwnGGFZzBjkJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html%2B%26cd%3D5%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAEegQIDRAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="f" style="">Nov 22, 2018 -&nbsp;</span>A Georgian appeals court has upheld a ruling which sentenced former President Mikheil<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili</span>&nbsp;to prison for abuse of power over a 2005&nbsp;...</font></span></a></font></font></div></div></div></div><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px;"><div data-hveid="CAoQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFSgAMAV6BAgKEAA"><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><div class="r" style="margin: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nwnGGFZzBjkJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:nwnGGFZzBjkJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-court-upholds-sentence-against-ex-president-saakashvili/29615345.html%2B%26cd%3D5%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAEegQIDRAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAFegQIChAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font></font></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAFegQIChAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAFegQIChAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Saakashvili Convicted Of Abuse Of Power, Sentenced In Absentia</a></font></font></font></font></font></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 2px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><cite class="iUh30" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power.../29327555.html</cite></font></div><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 1px 3px 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="GHDvEf ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Saakashvili&oq=Saakashvili&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.3846j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b5" aria-label="Result Options" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q7B0wBXoECAoQAg" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 1px 0px 2px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; background-image: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 7.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QqR8wBXoECAoQAw" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 18px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="f" style="">Jun 29, 2018 -&nbsp;</span>A Georgian court has sentenced former President Mikheil&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili</span>&nbsp;in absentia to six years in prison after convicting him of abuse of power.</font></span></a></font></font></div><div data-base-uri="/search" id="ed_8" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q2Z0BMAV6BAgKEAY"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span id="fld" style="" /></font></a></font></font><div class="g" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></font></font><div data-hveid="CAsQAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFSgAMAZ6BAgLEAA"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></font></font><div class="rc" style="position: relative;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></font></font><div class="r" style="margin: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:7u3NMmRPWUYJ:https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-convicted-of-abuse-of-power-sentenced-in-absentia/29327555.html%2B%26cd%3D6%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAFegQIChAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAGegQICxAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" /></font></font></font></font><h3 class="LC20lb" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAGegQICxAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QFjAGegQICxAB" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Saakashvili on Putin, Europe's weak leaders and a return to power ...</a></font></font></font></font></font></h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 2px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><cite class="iUh30" style="font-style: normal; padding-top: 1px;">https://www.aljazeera.com/.../saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-18...</cite></font></div><div class="action-menu ab_ctl" style="display: inline; position: relative; margin: 1px 3px 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="GHDvEf ab_button" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Saakashvili&oq=Saakashvili&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61.3846j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="am-b6" aria-label="Result Options" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" jsaction="m.tdd;keydown:m.hbke;keypress:m.mskpe" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0Q7B0wBnoECAsQAg" style="border-radius: 0px; cursor: default; font-weight: bold; height: 12px; line-height: 27px; margin: 1px 0px 2px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: none 0s ease 0s; user-select: none; background-image: none; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px 0px; filter: none; width: 13px; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(0, 102, 33) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; margin-left: 3px; top: 7.5px; margin-top: -4px; position: absolute; left: 0px;" /></a><div class="action-menu-panel ab_dropdown" role="menu" tabindex="-1" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" data-ved="2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QqR8wBnoECAsQAw" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; top: 12px; white-space: nowrap; z-index: 3; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; left: 0px; visibility: hidden;"><ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><li class="action-menu-item ab_dropdownitem" role="menuitem" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; list-style: none; user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:J0NljOqMeZQJ:https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:J0NljOqMeZQJ:https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html%2B%26cd%3D7%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAGegQICxAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;" /></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="s" style="max-width: 48em; line-height: 18px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:J0NljOqMeZQJ:https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:J0NljOqMeZQJ:https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html%2B%26cd%3D7%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAGegQICxAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><span class="st" style="line-height: 1.4; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="f" style="">Apr 28, 2018 -&nbsp;</span>Former Georgian president Mikheil&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakashvili</span>&nbsp;discusses Putin, the state of Europe and plans for his political comeback.</font></span></a></font></font></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:J0NljOqMeZQJ:https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:J0NljOqMeZQJ:https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2018/04/saakashvili-putin-europe-weak-leaders-return-power-180424095033631.html%2B%26cd%3D7%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&ved=2ahUKEwizkPWg08PgAhXYJTQIHaubCt0QIDAGegQICxAE" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; padding: 7px 18px; outline: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></a></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>