Georgia revokes ex-president’s citizenship

‘Georgia has revoked the citizenship of former president Mikheil Saakashvili, citing the new Ukrainian citizenship he acquired earlier this year to serve as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region.

“Based on the law on Georgian citizenship, President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed a decree terminating Mikheil Saakashvili’s citizenship due to his acquisition of a foreign country’s nationality,” said a statement issued by the president’s press service.

The May appointment of pro-Western Saakashvili as head of Ukraine’s Black Sea region was seen as Kiev’s defiant signal to Moscow.’

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