‘Ukraine has supported Saakashvili and they still demand his release’ – Merab Ratishvili

Kiev is facing backlash from Tbilisi after Zelensky imposed sanctions on Georgian officials, as he accused them of siding with Russia. Merab Ratishvili, a Georgian political scientist and writer imprisoned in 2008 for opposing the Saakashvili government, explains that current state of relations between Georgia and Ukraine stem from Kiev’s continued support for former president Saakashvili.