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Saakashvili given pre-trial detention in absentia

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili speaking in Kiev in March, 2014. (Maestro.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Friday evening decided to issue a pre-trial detention order for ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, although he is not in Georgia at the moment.

After leaving office in November 2013, the former president has not been in Georgia.

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