TBILISI (Reuters) - The mayor of Georgia's capital Tbilisi has been suspended from office after he was charged with misspending public funds in a case he and his opposition colleagues said was a witch-hunt against supporters of former president Mikheil Saakashvili.
Tbilisi city court made the ruling against Gigi Ugulava, one of the leaders of Saakashvili's United National Movement (UNM), late on Saturday after earlier allowing him free on bail of 50,000 lari ($29,000) before his trial.
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