Topic: Mikheil Saakashvili

A court in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, sentenced former president Mikheil Saakashvili to nine years in prison after being convicted of embezzling millions of dollars of public funds to cover personal expenses.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Russia committed violations during the Georgia war and after the cease-fire in the so-called "buffer zone."

Ukrainian border service officials said they arrested and deported former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to Poland.

Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, was arrested in Kiev, Ukraine on Friday, three days after his supporters freed him from a police van.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was freed Tuesday by his supporters from Ukrainian police in Kiev.

On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded and crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard and 11 people on the ground for a total death toll of 270.

Mikheil Saakashvili, governor of Ukraine's Odessa region, lashed out at government corruption as he announced his resignation Monday.

Kremlin critics Maria Gaidar and Vladimir Fedorin, a prominent journalist, became Ukrainian citizens during a special ceremony Tuesday in Kiev.

Mikheil Saakashvili, the Governor of Ukraine's Odessa Oblast, signed a memorandum with the United States Tuesday assuring American support in the region.

Maria Gaidar was nominated last Friday to assume the role as a deputy governor in the Ukrainian region of Odessa.