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Saakashvili: Supporters free ex-Georgia leader from Ukraine police
Source: BBC
Saakashvili: Supporters free ex-Georgia leader from Ukraine police
5 December 2017 Europe
Supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have freed him from a police van in Ukraine after his detention on suspicion of assisting a criminal organisation.
Mr Saakashvili urged his supporters in the capital, Kiev, to impeach President Petro Poroshenko, a former ally.
He was made a Ukrainian citizen in 2015, which made him lose his Georgian citizenship.
Mr Saakashvili has become a fierce opponent of Mr Poroshenko.
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5 December 2017 Europe
Supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have freed him from a police van in Ukraine after his detention on suspicion of assisting a criminal organisation.
Mr Saakashvili urged his supporters in the capital, Kiev, to impeach President Petro Poroshenko, a former ally.
He was made a Ukrainian citizen in 2015, which made him lose his Georgian citizenship.
Mr Saakashvili has become a fierce opponent of Mr Poroshenko.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42236122
Mr Saakashvili was removed from the police van by his supporters