Supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili wave Georgian flags outside the prison in Rustavi where he is being held. Photo by Irakli Gedenidze via Global Media/Reuters.

Wherever he goes, Mikheil Saakashvili is bound to raise the political temperature, even when locked up in a Georgian prison.

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