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Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is threatening to jump off a building in Kiev, as Ukrainian police reportedly arrived to search his apartment. It has not been one of the best days in the turbulent career of Georgia’s former President Mikhail Saakashvili, renowned for chewing his tie on TV. Today he threatened to jump off a roof in Kiev as Ukrainian police searched his apartment, Ukrainian media say.
Law enforcement officials have broken the door to Saakashvili’s apartment, according to local media. Security forces are currently searching the flat in the center of the Ukrainian capital, while the former president of Georgia and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odessa Region confined himself to the roof of the building, threatening to jump off. Law enforcement officials broke the door to Saakashvili’s apartment in central Kiev on Tuesday morning. Security forces searched the flat, while the former president of Georgia and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odessa Region confined himself to the roof of the building.
He threatened to jump off the roof, LB.ua news portal reported, while emergency crews were seen arriving at the scene carrying a ladder.
“They want to kidnap me because I’ve risen up to protect the Ukrainian people,” he told the crowds that gathered in the street. “They wanted to do it by stealth, but this did not work out.”
Eventually, Saakashvili was taken away from the roof by security forces, NewsOne said.
Saakashvili entered Ukraine in September, despite being stripped of citizenship. He was found guilty of illegally crossing the border. His native Georgia is also demanding his extradition on charges of corruption. In 2015, Saakashvili gave up his Georgian citizenship as he accepted an offer to become the governor of Odessa Region at the personal behest of President Petro Poroshenko. But this did not last long with Saakashvili resigning in November 2016 and Poroshenko personally annulling the politician’s new passport.
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Since then the former president of Georgia organized anti-government rallies in Ukraine which demanded Poroshenko impeached.
His native Georgia is also demanding his extradition on charges of corruption.