Contents tagged with Mikheil Saakashvili
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Supporters of Saackashvili broke windows of Roshen store near the SBU detention center
Supporters of the former governor of the Odessa region and leader of the Movement of New Forces party, Mikheil Saakashvili, smashed the shop-window of the Roshen confectionery store near the "investigation isolation facility” (SIZO) of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv, where the politician is being detained, as reported by RBC-Ukraine.
Roshen is owned by the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, but it has been transferred to the management of the Rothschild Trust.
In Kyiv, …
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Lawyer: Saakashvili declared a hunger strike
Mikheil Saakashvili, who was detained on Friday evening, stated that he was starting a hunger strike, as reported by his lawyer, Ruslan Chornolutsky, on December 9th, at about 3 a.m. after the completion of investigative activities, UNIAN reports.
"Saakashvili has declared the start of an indefinite hunger strike. He will also oppose any attempt at force-feeding," the lawyer said.
Chornolutsky also added that if the court made the decision to impose preventive measures in the form of a 60-day …
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US State Department comments on Saakashvili situation
The United States is closely following events in Kyiv connected to the detention and escape of Mikheil Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia and former Governor of Odessa Oblast, said State Department spokesman Heather Nauert during a briefing, TSN reports.
"We’re closely monitoring that situation and what happened in Kyiv. We are in close contact, as you know. We have a good relationship with the Government of Ukraine. It doesn’t mean that we agree with them on absolutely everything, …
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Saakashvili calls for new Maidan
Former Georgian president and leader of the “Movement of New Forces” party Mikheil Saakashvili urged people to go out to a new Maidan in order to oust President Petro Poroshenko.
Speaking to his supporters after they had freed him from an SBU minibus, Saakashvili tried to discredit Poroshenko by saying that he is in collusion with certain oligarchs.
“I want to call on all citizens of Kyiv to go out into the streets, to meet on the Maidan today and to start the process of rescuing Ukraine from …
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Saakashvili says he could be extradited next week
In his interview on NewsOne TV Channel, the ex-head of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Mikheil Saakashvili can be extradited from Ukraine as early as next week.
According to Saakashvili, such a measure can be adopted if he chooses to return to Georgia instead of being expelled to Europe.
"They plan to throw me out of the country. They have a joint special operation of the Georgian special services, Russian special services and Ukrainian special services... If they even throw me …
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Media: Saakashvili may be deported to the Netherlands
Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of Georgia and leader of the Movement of New Forces party, may be deported to the Netherlands, reported RBC-Ukraine, citing several informed sources.
“There are three options - Georgia, Poland and the Netherlands,” said an independent source that is close to the ex-president.
The Netherlands is being considered because Saakashvili’s wife is a citizen of the country. Poland is a possibility because the politician entered Ukraine from that country, and in …
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Saakashvili’s permission to stay in Ukraine extended to March 1
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia, leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl (Movement of New Forces) party, said that the State Migration Service extended his term of stay in Ukraine until March 1, 2018. It was only yesterday that he said he was going to be arrested allegedly by order of the President.
"Very polite employees of the State Migration Service issued me a document on the extension of the term of legal stay in Ukraine for another three months... At the same time, a threat is …
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Saakashvili announced his readiness to lead new government of Ukraine
The former President of Georgia and leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl (Movement of New Forces), Mikheil Saakashvili, has declared that Ukraine needs a new authority and a new government, which he is ready to lead, as he announced during the meeting, which was held on November 19th at Constitution Square near the Verkhovna Rada.
"Ukraine needs new power and the creation of a new government, we must create them together, I am ready to do it with you. We must find new people for the new government ... …
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Saakashvili's Office: 4 deported Georgians allegedly flown to Tbilisi from Ukraine never arrived in Georgia
The plane, which was supposed to fly 4 deported Georgian citizens from Ukraine, flew from the Kyiv airport, but did not land in Tbilisi, stated the member of the party "Rukh Novykh Syl", MP Yuri Derevyanko.
"The relatives of four Georgian citizens Tamaz Shavshishvili, Zurab Tsintsadze, Vano Nadiradze and Mamuk Abshidze who were illegally kidnapped in Kyiv on Friday still do not know where they are and nobody knows whether they are still alive, since the plane of the National Guard, where they …
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Saakashvili threatens to start 'public impeachment' on December 3
Former Georgian president and leader of the Movement of New Forces party Mikheil Saakashvili suggested that the people should begin “public impeachment” if the MPs of the Verkhovna Rada do not vote in favor of the creation of an anti-corruption court and the removal of parliamentary immunity.
He made a statement to this effect at Constitution Square in Kyiv, Ukrainski Novyny reports.
“If they do not vote, I suggest that we begin public impeachment on December 3,” Saakashvili said.
He …