Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgian court sentences former president Saakashvili to 9 more years in prison

Mikheil Saakashvili, who was president from 2004 to 2013, was jailed for six years for abuse of power after he returned to Georgia in 2021
A deeply polarizing figure in Georgia today, Saakashvili rose to power on a tide of popular acclaim in the 2003 Rose Revolution

By Reuters · 12 March 2025