The lawyer announced the detection of arsenic in the body of Saakashvili

The results of the analyzes of the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili showed the presence of traces of arsenic in his body. This was announced by the politician’s lawyer Shalva Khachapuridze.

“Nail tests have not yet been received, they will come today. But over a telephone conversation, it turned out that another substance was detected – arsenic, ”said the lawyer (quote according to Mtavari).

19 November Saakashvili’s mother Giuli Alasania statedthat the former president of Georgia was found to have an increased content of heavy metals, including mercury, in his body. It is not known how these substances got into the politician’s body, she noted. The same information was given by Saakashvili’s lawyers. According to Saakashvili’s mother, the conclusion of the doctors may become the basis for the release of the politician.

However, the ex-president of Georgia himself refuted reports of poisoning. “I want to state that I have never told any of my lawyers that I have a suspicion of poisoning. Speculation on this topic is inappropriate,” Saakashvili wrote on social networks. At the same time, he confirmed that his health had deteriorated in recent months.

Saakashvili was detained in Georgia on October 1, 2021. He returned to the country shortly before the first round of the municipal elections. Initially, the politician was in the prison of the city of Rustavi, but on November 8 he was transferred to the Tbilisi prison hospital due to health concerns. In December, Saakashvili continued to serve his sentence in a prison in Rustavi.

On May 12, 2022, he was again transferred to a Tbilisi clinic for a medical examination. Doctors revealed a spinal injury in him, the ex-president of Georgia needed an operation. In November, Khachapuridze informedthat Georgian specialists and foreign experts are continuing the examination, the politician has suspicions of dementia and tuberculosis, as well as 34 other diseases.

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