Former president of Georgia and the head of the executive committee of the National Council of the reforms of Ukraine Mikhail Saakashvili, illegally leaving from the Ukrainian territory, took advantage of the help of a certain high-ranking official from the power structures from the previous Ukrainian government, said Prosecutor Levan Vephkhadze, dealing with the illegal crossing of the border politician.
This case is considered on Thursday in the Tbilisi City Court, RIA Novosti reports.
“It was established in detail including those who helped him (Saakashvili – Ed.) On the territory of Ukraine – this is a former high-ranking official from the power structures from the previous government. He helped Mikhail Saakashvili in the question of illegal border crossing,” said Vephkhadze journalists before the start of the court session.
The name of the former official did not name the prosecutor.
Saakashvili was detained in Georgia on October 1. He returned to his homeland shortly before holding local elections, which were held on October 2. The Georgian prosecutor’s office told in detail the route of the ex-president from Ukraine to Georgia: he traveled in a trailer with dairy products. The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office issued an indictment against Saakashvili on the fact of illegal border crossing. Lawyers Politics earlier reported that Saakashvili announced his arrival in Georgia by plane, and after rumors appeared that the authorities plan to prevent him in this process, the politician decided to get home to another way.
Ex-president in Georgia was condemned for the murder of Banker Sandro Girgvlyani and about the beating of Valery Gelashvili’s deputy. In the first case, Saakashvili was sentenced to three years in prison, in the second – to six. In addition, he is a person involved in the acceleration of the opposition rally on November 7, 2007, about the pogrom of the Imedi television company and about the estimate of funds from the state budget – they are still considering the courts.