Hunger-striking former Georgian leader gets blood transfusion - Interfax

FILE PHOTO: People take part in a protest demanding the release of jailed Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Georgia October 10, 2021. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike, was given a blood transfusion late on Friday and is in stable condition, Interfax news agency quoted his personal doctor as saying on Saturday.

The pro-Western politician, who declared a hunger strike on Oct. 1, was arrested after returning to Georgia, having lived abroad for years.