Saakashvili agrees to stop his hunger strike

Mikhail Saakashvili has decided to stop his hunger strike, his advocate Nika Gvaramiya reports today.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on September 30, Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, a former Georgian president returned to his homeland and was soon arrested. On October 1, he went on a hunger strike in the Rustavi Prison. In November, the authorities admitted that Saakashvili's health had deteriorated and transferred him to the prison hospital in Tbilisi, despite the fact that the politician himself and his supporters insisted on his hospitalization to a civilian clinic.

“Mikhail Saakashvili will interrupt his hunger strike if the process of his rehabilitation takes place in a civilian clinic,” Nika Gvaramiya said on the air of the “Formula” TV Channel as translated from the Georgian language by the “Caucasian Knot”.

“My hunger strike is already becoming an instrument of struggle between Russians and the current government, but not against me, but against my country. I have decided to heed the call and stop my hunger strike,” Mikhail Saakashvili wrote in a letter read out by his advocate.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 11, 2021 at 05:46 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.