Mikheil Saakashvili was detained in Kyiv

Mikhail Saakashvili was detained in Kyiv. This was posted on his Facebook page. Later, this was confirmed by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko.

“National police officers discovered Saakashvili's whereabouts on Otradnaya Street in Kyiv and detained him. The detainee was placed in a temporary detention center, ”the 112 TV channel quoted Lutsenko as saying.

• Former Georgian president and former governor of the Odessa region Mikheil Saakashvili has led protests in Kyiv in recent months demanding the resignation of Petro Poroshenko.
• On December 5, employees of the Prosecutor General's Office and the Security Service of Ukraine came to him with a search. He was detained on the roof of the house and put on a bus, but supporters managed to free him from there. For some time he was in a tent camp near the Verkhovna Rada, but then he left, citing illness.
• Mikheil Saakashvili is suspected of "assisting criminal organizations" - reportedly in connection with his rallies. The Prosecutor General's Office claims that they were organized with the money of businessman Sergei Kurchenko, who is said to be close to Viktor Yanukovych. The politician's lawyer says that he is suspected of trying to overthrow the constitutional order.