Former Georgian president Saakashvili sentenced to additional 4.5 years in jail

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A court in Tbilisi has sentenced former president Mikheil Saakashvili to an additional four and a half years behind bars for illegally crossing the border, bringing the pro-Western politician's total sentence to 12.5 years. Saakashvili says the decision is meant to "intimidate" Georgian people and "send a threatening message" to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- who has demanded that the Ukrainian national since 2019 be transferred to Kyiv.

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00:00The House of Parliament, South Kosovo

00:05The Constitution of Kosovo

00:10The Constitution of Georgia

00:12The Constitution of Turkey

00:16The Constitution of Greece

00:20The Constitution of говорил

00:22The constitution you wrote

00:25I would like to thank the Georgian people and all of you, my wife and children.

00:31I would also like to thank President Zelenskiy,

00:35I would also like to thank President Zelenskiy,

00:37for the opportunity to visit Ukraine.

00:55For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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