Tbilisi court sentences Saakashvili to nine years for embezzlement of state funds

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  • 12 March, 2025
  • 10:51
Tbilisi court sentences Saakashvili to nine years for embezzlement of state funds

The Tbilisi City Court has found former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili guilty in a case of embezzling state funds and sentenced him to nine years in prison.

Report informs via Mtavari Arkhi TV channel that the verdict was announced by Judge Badri Kochlamazashvili.

The court also found Saakashvili’s former security chief, Teimuraz Janashia, guilty. However, he was only fined 3,000 lari (over $1,000).