According to him, such statements from the Ukrainian side “cannot be taken seriously.”
On November 16, Advisor to the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak, in an interview with TV Pirveli, said that the issue of Saakashvili’s transfer was being actively studied.
On November 14, Saakashvili, who is now in a Georgian prison, asked Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to be included in the list of prisoners of war after the Georgian Penitentiary Service reported on November 12 that he had been transferred from the hospital back to prison.
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On November 6, the Georgian prosecutor's office began a new criminal prosecution of Saakashvili and seven other oppositionists, most of whom are already in prison. They are accused of committing “crimes against the state,” namely sabotage, aiding and abetting hostile activities.
On the same day he wrote a resonant post on Facebook about that there is no longer “a united Georgia,” but there are two civilizationally divided Georgias: one loves the country, wants to go to Europe, hates the Russian Federation and is combat-ready, and the second, which was formed by the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili, is distinguished by a slavish attitude towards Moscow and is “ready to surrender to the first invader.”
Moreover, in an interview with the Russian To “Dozhd” from the hospital, published on November 11, the politician said that he is in contact with many world leaders, coordinates the efforts of the opposition and believes that The situation in the country can only be changed by constant protest and pressure from Europe, and especially America. “There are no other recipes,” he emphasized.
