The third President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili received another sentence on March 17 - 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment for the illegal crossing of the border. This decision was made by the Tbilisi City Court, reports Echo of the Caucasus.
On March 12, 2025, the court found him guilty of wasting budgetary funds and appointed 9 years in prison. Now added for another 4.5 years for the case of illegal border crossing in 2021. In general, Saakashvili will spend 12 years and 6 months. Beck Basilaya's lawyer called a new sentence with absurd and unjustified, since even the previous period of 9 years was already record. On October 1, 2021, Saakashvili secretly returned to Georgia. According to the investigation, he arrived in the Sea from the Black Sea (Ukraine) in the Pot (Georgia) on board the Vilnius vessel. It was hidden in a truck with dairy products to avoid arrest. After a few days he was detained.
Saakashvili is in custody and his health remains a topic of discussion. Earlier, his lawyers and associates have repeatedly stated that he needed treatment abroad.
