31 May 2013, 22:10
President of Georgia is suspected of spending budget for cosmetic procedures
The Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is suspected of paying - from the state budget for his rejuvenation injections of Botox - a total of 11,400 US dollars - and bought a picture worth about 6000 pounds sterling; this data from the expense reports of the State Security Special Service SSSS was presented by Irina Imerlishvili, an MP from the ruling coalition "Georgian Dream".
According to her story, it follows from the expense reports of the SSSS requested by the Parliament from the Chief Prosecutor's Office (CPO), on February 23, 2009, Mikhail Saakashvili was injected Botox at a US clinic for 5600 US dollars; three years later a second similar procedure to the President at the same clinic cost 5800 US dollars. The painting for 5993 pounds sterling was bought by the SSSS in 2010, the ITAR-TASS reports.
The documents marked "Secret" also indicates that the President paid for accommodation in Hotel "Radisson" of the American businesswoman Christina Vusava and bought her sports shoes. The total amount of these expenses was 6668 laris, the "Georgia Online" reports, referring to the TV Company "Imedi".
