Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, is being transferred to an intensive care unit after his health declined in jail, the ex-president’s family spokesman and a political aide told Georgian television. A Tbilisi clinic where the former leader is being treated has rejected this claim. Pro-Western reformer Saakashvili was the country’s leader from 2004 to 2013. Now he is serving a six-year imprisonment sentence for abuse of power, a charge he and his supporters say was politically motivated. His lawyers sought to have his sentence suspended so that he could be treated abroad.“Saakashvili's health condition has worsened.

Source: Forbes January 31, 2023 18:25 UTC