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In this image made from video, Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili attends a court hearing from hospital via video link in Tbilisi, Monday, July 3, 2023. Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him. He and his supporters claim he was poisoned in prison and has lost half of his body weight since he was arrested in October 2021. (Pool Photo via AP)

Georgia condemns Ukraine for its protests over health of former president Saakashvili

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In this image made from video, Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili attends a court hearing from hospital via video link in Tbilisi, Monday, July 3, 2023. Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him. He and his supporters claim he was poisoned in prison and has lost half of his body weight since he was arrested in October 2021. (Pool Photo via AP)

Emaciated and imprisoned, ex-president Saakashvili tells Georgian court he is spiritually fit

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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 29, 2019 file photo, Georgia's ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, greets his supporters upon his arrival at Boryspil Airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine. Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Saakashvili said he has accepted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's offer to become a deputy prime minister in charge of reforms, a move that has angered his home country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, FILE)

Georgia recalls its ambassador in Ukraine over ex-president

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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 29, 2019 file photo, Georgia's ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, greets his supporters upon his arrival at Boryspil Airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine. Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Saakashvili said he has accepted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's offer to become a deputy prime minister in charge of reforms, a move that has angered his home country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, FILE)

Ex-president of Georgia given official job in Ukraine

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Ex-president of Georgia accepts top Cabinet job in Ukraine

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 file photo, Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader, speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland. Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, has been given his Ukrainian citizenship back by the country’s new president. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the comedian who last week took power in Ukraine following his convincing election victory, signed a decree on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 that gave back Saakashvili his Ukrainian citizenship. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)

Georgia’s ex-president back in Ukraine; citizenship restored

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 file photo, Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader, speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland. Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, has been given his Ukrainian citizenship back by the country’s new president. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the comedian who last week took power in Ukraine following his convincing election victory, signed a decree on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 that gave back Saakashvili his Ukrainian citizenship. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)

Former Georgian president gets Ukrainian citizenship back

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Salome Zurabishvili, former Georgian Foreign minister and presidential candidate, speaks to the media at her campaign headquarter in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. the French-born former foreign minister of Georgia Zurabishvili celebrated what she claims is her victory in a tight presidential runoff Wednesday that marks the last time Georgians elect their head of state by popular vote. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Ex-envoy wins presidency in Georgia; vote to be challenged

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 file photo of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili as he gestures during a hearing in a court room in Kiev, Ukraine. Allies of Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president-turned opposition leader in Ukraine, say he was detained by masked men who they think acted on behalf of Ukrainian authorities. Saakashvili’s ally Liza Bogutskaya said on Facebook that Saakashvili was taken on Monday Feb. 12, 2018 and is being driven to the airport in the capital, Kiev. Other allies say authorities may try to deport him to Poland. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky/File)

Ukraine deports opposition leader Saakashvili to Poland

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Mikheil Saakashvili made true reform effort

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Supporters of the Former Georgian President and former Ukraine official Mikhail Saakashvili wait his arriving at Krakovets check point on Ukrainian-Polish border, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Saakachvili is going to return to Ukraine although both his Ukrainian and Georgia passports are no longer valid. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The Latest: Saakashvili, backers break through into Ukraine

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**FILE** Mikhail Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, speaks March 6, 2014, to a pro-Ukraine rally while walking through Dublin on his way to the convention center. Saakashvili arrived to participate in the European People's Party Congress. About 2,000 delegates gathered at Dublin to attend the congress. (Associated Press)

Ex-Georgian leader warns: Putin won’t stop at Ukraine

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LOZANSKY: Toward a new pragmatism on Russia

By Edward Lozansky

Embassy Row: Nothing to smile at

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: Caesar salad days

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

COFFEY: Saakashvili legacy – Founding father of democratic Georgia

By Luke Coffey

Opposition supporters celebrate Monday in Tbilisi, Georgia, after the Georgian Dream coalition won parliamentary elections that will decide the future of President Mikhail Saakashvili’s government. The coalition is led by a billionaire accused of being a Russian puppet. (Associated Press)

Georgian president concedes

By Jacob Resneck - Special to The Washington Times

Opposition supporters react during a rally on the central square in Tbilisi Georgia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky)

Georgian president concedes his party lost

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, the nation's richest man, speaks to the media at press conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, after his party won the right in parliamentary elections to form a government. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Georgian president concedes defeat in parliamentary elections

By Jacob Resneck - Special to The Washington Times

Georgians vote in the parliamentary election at a polling station in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze)

Georgia’s president, opposition both claim victory

By Lynn Berry and Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili - Associated Press