Flag of Ukraine on the building of the Verkhovna Rada in KievTBILISI, Feb 10 Ukraine did not address Georgia with a request to transfer the detained former President Mikheil Saakashvili to her, he is a «headache» for Kiev, says Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party. Ukrainian side, so that they ask us to hand over Saakashvili to them,» Kobakhidze said on the air of the Georgian TV channel Palitranews. Saakashvili was detained in Georgia on October 1. Earlier in Georgia, he was convicted in absentia in the cases of the murder of banker Sandro Girgvliani and the beating of deputy Valery Gelashvili. In the first case, Saakashvili was sentenced to three years in prison, in the second — to six. In addition, he is a defendant in cases of the dispersal of an opposition rally on November 7, 2007, the pogrom of the Imedi television company and the embezzlement of funds from the state budget — they are still being considered by the courts. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that the ex-president will remain in prison for a long time, he will serve the full term.
