Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava, who has been suspended from office by the city court, marches with supporters of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) marches along a street in Tbilisi, December 28, 2013. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
TBILISI (Reuters) - A Georgian court refused to free a former mayor of the capital Tbilisi from pre-trial detention on Tuesday in a case which the opposition says is politically motivated.
The court rejected an appeal by Gigi Ugulava, a leader of ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement (UNM), against a ruling three days earlier that he must stay in detention for up to nine months until he is tried on charges including money laundering.
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