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Georgia’s former PM sentenced to five years in jail for bribing voters

He is also accused of misspending funds and power abuse

TBILISI, February 17. /ITAR-TASS/. The City Court in Kutaisi, Georgia, on Monday sentenced Vano Merabishvili, the former Georgian prime minister and ex-interior minister, to five years in prison on charges of bribing voters, misspending state funds and power abuse. The court also banned Merabishvili from holding public posts for 18 months.