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The brother of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is facing deportation from Ukraine on allegations that he was in the country illegally, a move that comes amid a fierce standoff between the ex-head of state and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

A Ukrainian Interior Ministry spokesman told RFE / RL on September 2 that David Saakashvili was held in custody earlier in the day.

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