Former Georgian prime minister Vano Merabishvili (L) is escorted by a policeman as he arrives for questioning at the Interior Ministry building in Tbilisi on December 1, 2012. Georgian police today questioned the former prime minister over the alleged use of a fake passport, further raising tensions between the government and President Mikheil Saakashvili, who says his allies are being persecuted. AFP PHOTO / IRAKLI GEDENIDZE