The previous president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili says he's ending a starvation strike in jail, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The 54-year-old had been demanding higher entry to medical care however mentioned that he and his supporters wanted to be ready amid the battle in Ukraine.
"I am ending my starvation strike on its twentieth day," Saakashvili mentioned in a publish on his Fb account.
The previous President had begun his newest starvation strike on 21 February, three days earlier than Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory.
He was imprisoned final yr after getting back from exile in Ukraine. Saakashvili says the abuse of energy fees in opposition to him are politically motivated. After his preliminary arrest, he noticed a 50-day starvation strike to protest in opposition to his detention.
Saakashvili's arrest exacerbated a political disaster in Georgia that erupted after parliamentary elections in 2020, which had been narrowly received by the ruling Georgian Dream occasion. The nation's opposition has claimed that the elections had been fraudulent.
Saakashvili served as President of the small Caucasus nation from 2004 to 2013 earlier than changing into opposition chief.
Georgia, which borders Russia and in addition has ambitions to hitch the EU and NATO, was the sufferer of a Russian navy offensive in 2008 and had a part of its territory amputated.
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