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Ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili barges across Ukraine border
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 / 9:22 AM / UPDATED 28 MINUTES AG
Ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili barges across Ukraine border
Sergei Karazy, Margaryta Chornokondratenko
4 MIN READ
SHEHYNI, Ukraine (Reuters) - Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and a crowd of supporters barged past guards to enter Ukraine from the Polish border on Sunday after a prolonged standoff between Saakashvili and the Ukrainian authorities.
Amid shouts of “victory” and “glory to Ukraine”, Saakashvili returned to Ukraine despite being stripped of Ukrainian citizenship by his one-time ally, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and facing possible arrest and deportation.
Poroshenko invited Saakashvili to be a regional governor to help drive reforms after protests in 2014 ousted a pro-Russian president in Kiev. But Saakashvili quit as governor of Odessa in November, accusing Poroshenko of abetting corruption.
Thousands of Saakashvili’s supporters gathered on the border on Sunday while prominent lawmakers, including former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, traveled with him from Poland.
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Ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili barges across Ukraine border
Sergei Karazy, Margaryta Chornokondratenko
4 MIN READ
SHEHYNI, Ukraine (Reuters) - Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and a crowd of supporters barged past guards to enter Ukraine from the Polish border on Sunday after a prolonged standoff between Saakashvili and the Ukrainian authorities.
Amid shouts of “victory” and “glory to Ukraine”, Saakashvili returned to Ukraine despite being stripped of Ukrainian citizenship by his one-time ally, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and facing possible arrest and deportation.
Poroshenko invited Saakashvili to be a regional governor to help drive reforms after protests in 2014 ousted a pro-Russian president in Kiev. But Saakashvili quit as governor of Odessa in November, accusing Poroshenko of abetting corruption.
Thousands of Saakashvili’s supporters gathered on the border on Sunday while prominent lawmakers, including former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, traveled with him from Poland.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-saakashvili/ex-georgian-leader-saakashvili-barges-across-ukraine-border-idUSKCN1BL0NN
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He he is munching on his tie:
