Gigi Ugulava, an ex-mayor of Tbilisi and head of the electoral office of the United National Movement, was detained at the Tbilisi Airport at 6.00am today. He was planning to fly to Kiev, then Kishinev to attend a conference of the Council of Europe regional office, Trend reports.Yesterday, the Tbilisi Court did not sustain a motion that would allow Ugulava to pay a bail of 50,000 lari ($1 = 1.76 lari), strip him of his passport and ID.The functionary is suspected of illegal acquisition of over 50 million lari.
Gigi Ugulava, an ex-mayor of Tbilisi and head of the electoral office of the United National Movement, was detained at the Tbilisi Airport at 6.00am today. He was planning to fly to Kiev, then Kishinev to attend a conference of the Council of Europe regional office, Trend reports.
Yesterday, the Tbilisi Court did not sustain a motion that would allow Ugulava to pay a bail of 50,000 lari ($1 = 1.76 lari), strip him of his passport and ID.
The functionary is suspected of illegal acquisition of over 50 million lari.
