Monday, September 11, 2017

Ukraine police open criminal case after former Georgian leader Saakashvili breaks through border

Mikhail Saakashvili
Ukrainian police say they have opened criminal proceedings into the illegal border crossing of former Georgian president and Odessa governor Mikhail Saakashvili, during which he and his supporters publicly forced their way through a cordon on the Polish border.

Saakashvili crossed into Ukraine in a quest to regain his Ukrainian citizenship of which he was stripped in July while being away from the country. The politician defiantly vowed to challenge the authorities and return to Ukraine, recruiting a crowd of supporters in the opposition and alerting the media.

The controversial Ukrainian website Mirotvorets, which lists so-called “enemies of Ukraine” and publishes personal data of people considered hostile to the state so that they could be targeted, added Saakashvili to the list of persons who illegally crossed the border. It also described the incident as an “attack on the border guards during performance of their duties.”

Flanked by dozens of associates chanting “Misha! Misha!” (Saakashvili’s nickname) and waving yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flags, the currently stateless politician made his way to the Shehyny checkpoint, which was closed by Kiev's authorities earlier Sunday, according to media reports. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was on hand to welcome him back.
 [rt.com]
11/9/17
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