Saakashvili in the courtroom asked to bury his heart in Kyiv

Mikheil Saakashvili at the next meeting of the Tbilisi City Court asked to bury his heart in Kyiv if he "does not live to see the victory of Ukraine."In 2015, the ex-president of Georgia received Ukrainian citizenshipMikheil Saakashvili (on screen)Mikheil Saakashvili (on screen)Mikheil Saakashvili (on screen)Mikheil Saakashvili (on screen)Mikheil Saakashvili (on screen)

Ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili bequeathed to bury his heart in Kyiv. The former Georgian leader stated this at a court hearing, in which he took part via video link from the Vivamed private clinic in Tbilisi, where he is undergoing treatment.

Today, a regular meeting of the Tbilisi City Court was held after the petition of Saakashvili's lawyers to postpone the sentence or release the defendant.

The head of the clinic warned of the risk of Saakashvili's death if he refuses treatment Politics

“If I do not live to see the victory of Ukraine, which is very close, my heart should be buried in Kyiv. It belongs to Ukraine,” Saakashvili said during the trial. He made his statement in Ukrainian.

The former leader of Georgia added that he was proud that everyone admires the Ukrainian people. During his speech, Saakashvili also lifted his T-shirt to show his emaciated physical condition.

The director of the Vivamed clinic, Professor Zurab Chkhaidze, reported that by the morning of January 28, the president weighed 69.7 kg (with a height of 195 cm). If the politician continued to lose weight and did not receive treatment, he could die, the doctor argued. According to him, he began to eat even less and can only move with the help of assistive devices. On January 24, he also tested positive for COVID-19 .

Supporters of Saakashvili announced his transfer to intensive care Politics

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Saakashvili is 55 years old. In 2013, his presidential term ended, after which he left Georgia, and in 2015 he received Ukrainian citizenship and lived on its territory. The ex-president secretly returned to Georgia before the municipal elections in 2021, but he was detained and sent to a pre-trial detention center. Several criminal cases were initiated against him, including abuse of office, beating of an ex-deputy and embezzlement of public funds for personal needs.

In the pre-trial detention center, Saakashvili went on a hunger strike several times. The ex-president's condition began to deteriorate, and he was transferred to the hospital. In early December last year, medical experts from several countries gave him ten major diagnoses.