ODESSA, Ukraine - Georgia's former President Mikheil Saakashvili announced on May 26 on the country's largest independent news station that he intends to return to Georgia and participate in the upcoming October elections.
Georgia Today: Former president Saakashvili announces his return to Georgia
A file picture taken on August 8, 2013 shows Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili taking part in a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the brief 2008 war with Russia over the separatist region of South Ossetia in Tbilisi.
