Bacho Akhalaia, former defense minister under the United National Movement government, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for public incitement to overthrow the government based on a courtroom statement. He is also charged in a separate unsolved case.

Bacho Akhalaia, former Defense Minister under the United National Movement government, who is in pretrial detention over his alleged role in the October 4 unrest, has been charged in a new case as the State Security Service of Georgia accuses him of incitement to overthrow the government. The charge stems from a statement Akhalaia made …