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Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili
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In the age of Donald Trump maybe the world is getting used to international politics delivering the unexpected. Stephen Sackur speaks to Mikheil Saakashvili who served two terms as President of Georgia. He then abandoned his home country to take citizenship in Ukraine, serving as a regional governor until he fell out spectacularly with the Ukrainian President. Now he's been stripped of Ukrainian citizenship and is stateless. So Is this the end of Mikhail Saakashvili’s political career?
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Mon 21 Aug 201719:06GMT
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- Mon 21 Aug 201702:06GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & West and Central Africa only
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- Mon 21 Aug 201707:06GMTBBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
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- Mon 21 Aug 201719:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
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