Mikheil Saakashvili: I protest indictment in ‘Shark case’, not sanctions, I’ll continue calling for sanctions against regime

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that the prosecutors who visited him to present charges in the so-called ‘Shark Selfie’ case appeared ‘very embarrassed.’

“For my part, I protest only the indictment in the ‘Shark Selfie’ case, and not the sanctions, because I have called on my numerous friends in the West to impose sanctions, and I repeat, I will call on them again,” the jailed Former President Mikheil Saakashvili stated on social media.

Earlier, at a briefing at the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, Prosecutor General Giorgi Gvarakidze announced that criminal proceedings had been initiated against Mikheil Saakashvili, Giorgi Vashadze, Nika Gvaramia, Nikanor Melia, Zurab Japaridze, Elene Khoshtaria, Mamuka Khazaradze, and Badri Japaridze.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, it will apply to the court within the timeframe prescribed by law to request bail for Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze as a preventive measure, while pre-trial hearings will be scheduled for the remaining defendants.