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    <date>2025-03-12</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/03/12/the-city-court-in-tbilisi-georgia-convicts-former-president-mikheil-saakashvili-of-embezzlement-and-sentences-him-to-n</slug>
    <text>The City Court in Tbilisi, Georgia, convicts former president Mikheil Saakashvili of embezzlement and sentences him to nine years in prison. The court also fines the former head of the Special State Protection Service, Teimuraz Janashia, ₾300,000 ({{Euro}}99,936) in connection to the case. </text>
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      <text>The President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a &quot;Russian special operation&quot;. </text>
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    <text>President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a &quot;Russian special operation&quot;. </text>
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    <text>Georgian oligarch and Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili proposes a national apology to South Ossetia after blaming former President Mikheil Saakashvili for starting the Russo-Georgian War at the will of Western powers. </text>
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      <text>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requests Georgian ambassador Gela Dumbadze to return home within 48 hours to negotiate imprisoned former Georgian president and Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili's transfer to a Ukrainian clinic due to Saakashvili's declining health. </text>
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    <text>Volodymyr Zelenskyy requests Georgian ambassador Gela Dumbadze to return home within 48 hours to negotiate imprisoned former Georgian president and Ukrainian citizen Mikheil Saakashvili's transfer to a Ukrainian clinic due to Saakashvili's declining health. </text>
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    <date>2021-11-17</date>
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    <text>Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for 48 days, is in critical condition. Yesterday, Justice Minister Rati Bregadze denied Saakashvili transfer to a civilian clinic, from a prison hospital where he is being treated. </text>
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    <date>2021-11-8</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2021/11/8/former-president-of-georgia-mikheil-saakashvili-who-has-been-on-a-hunger-strike-for-39-days-is-moved-to-a-prison-hospi</slug>
    <text>Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for 39 days, is moved to a prison hospital as his condition continues to deteriorate. </text>
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    <text>The personal doctor of Georgian politician Mikheil Saakashvili says that he needs hospital treatment as he continues his hunger strike after returning from exile and being arrested on October 1. Saakashvili's condition has been described as &quot;worsening&quot;. </text>
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    <date>2018-11-29</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2018/11/29/voters-in-georgia-elect-salome-zurabishvili-as-president-she-will-be-the-first-woman-elected-to-hold-the-position-when</slug>
    <text>Voters in Georgia elect Salome Zurabishvili as president. She will be the first woman elected to hold the position when she assumes office on 16 December 2018. </text>
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    <text>The OSCE titles the parliamentary election in Georgia as &quot;fair and free&quot;. Partial results show a majority of votes for Georgian Dream. President Saakashvili concedes that his party, United National Movement, will move to opposition. Bidzina Ivanishvili is expected to become prime minister, and after legislative changes next year, also head of state. </text>
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    <date>2010-03-13</date>
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    <keywords> Georgia</keywords>
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    <slug>/feed/2010/03/13/the-georgian-television-station-imedi-sparks-panic-throughout-georgia-by-broadcasting-a-fake-news-item-about-a-supposed</slug>
    <text>The Georgian television station Imedi sparks panic throughout Georgia by broadcasting a fake news item about a supposed invasion of Russian troops and the murder of President Mikheil Saakashvili. </text>
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  <slug>/feed/2025/03/17/a-court-in-georgia-sentences-former-president-mikheil-saakashvili-to-four-and-a-half-year-in-prison-for-illegally-enteri</slug>
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  <text>A court in Georgia sentences former president Mikheil Saakashvili to four and a half year in prison for illegally entering the country in 2021. </text>
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