Former deputy interior minister of Georgia appointed as deputy director of Ukraine’s counterintelligence service

This was reported by Saakashvili’s party. A criminal case has been initiated against Gia Lordkipanidze in Georgia for assisting ex-President Saakashvili in crossing the state border illegally

He is also a suspect in the case of illegal dispersal of protesters in central Tbilisi in 2011. Georgian authorities have expressed regret over this appointment.

“If this is true, it is a pity, as we know that Gia Lordkipanidze is an accused”, –  said Papuashvili, speaker of the Georgian parliament.