Georgian ex-president Saakashvili given nine years in prison

Georgia sentences imprisoned former president Saakashvili to a further 9 years behind bars
A court in Georgia has convicted imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili on embezzlement charges and handed him another prison term of nine years.
Georgian ex-president Saakashvili gets nine more years in jail on fraud charge
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been imprisoned since 2021, was sentenced on Wednesday to nine more years in jail after being found guilty of embezzlement. Saakashvili, in office from 2004 to 2013,
Georgia's ex-President Saakashvili sentenced to 9 more years in prison on embezzlement charges
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been sentenced to an additional nine years in prison for an alleged large-scale embezzlement of state funds, the Tbilisi City Court ruled, as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Georgian service reported on March 12.
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Prosecutors say the pro-Western reformer misspent some $3.2 million over the nine years of his presidency, but he says the charges are trumped up political vengeance.
Former Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili imprisoned for 9 years on embezzlement charges
A court in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, sentenced former president Mikheil Saakashvili to nine years in prison after being convicted of embezzling millions of dollars of public funds to cover personal expenses.
Georgian court hands former president Saakashvili nine more years in prison
A court in Georgia has handed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili a new nine-year prison sentence after finding him guilty of embezzlement.
Georgia’s Saakashvili to stay in prison until 2030 after new sentence
A court has sentenced the former president of the South Caucasus republic of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, to nine more years in prison, meaning he could remain behind bars until 2030.The court found him guilty of embezzling state funds,
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Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Wednesday to an additional nine years in prison for the embezzlement of public funds. The politician is already serving a six-year prison sentence.
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