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Ukraine deports opposition leader Saakashvili to Poland
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 12, 2018 / 8:36 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Ukraine deports opposition leader Saakashvili to Poland
Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets
3 MIN READ
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland on Monday, the Ukrainian border service said, after he was detained in a Kiev restaurant by law enforcement agents in camouflage.
Poland’s border service confirmed that he had arrived and that Warsaw had agreed to let him enter.
The deportation appears to bring an abrupt end to a months-long cat-and-mouse game between Saakashvili and the Ukrainian authorities, which saw street unrest during previous attempts to arrest him. Some critics, including in the opposition, said his movement distracted from the broader opposition’s campaign to hold the Kiev leadership to account.
“This person was on Ukrainian territory illegally and therefore, in compliance with all legal procedures, he was returned to the country from where he arrived,” border service spokesman Oleh Slobodyan said in a post on Facebook.
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Ukraine deports opposition leader Saakashvili to Poland
Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets
3 MIN READ
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland on Monday, the Ukrainian border service said, after he was detained in a Kiev restaurant by law enforcement agents in camouflage.
Poland’s border service confirmed that he had arrived and that Warsaw had agreed to let him enter.
The deportation appears to bring an abrupt end to a months-long cat-and-mouse game between Saakashvili and the Ukrainian authorities, which saw street unrest during previous attempts to arrest him. Some critics, including in the opposition, said his movement distracted from the broader opposition’s campaign to hold the Kiev leadership to account.
“This person was on Ukrainian territory illegally and therefore, in compliance with all legal procedures, he was returned to the country from where he arrived,” border service spokesman Oleh Slobodyan said in a post on Facebook.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-saakashvili/ukraine-deports-opposition-leader-saakashvili-to-poland-idUSKBN1FW1F4
