Saakashvili return to Ukraine 2017

Zelensky restores Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship

By | May 29th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: |

Mikheil Saakashvili. (Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch--Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree to restore the citizenship of Georgian politician Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday. Invigorated by the news of his restored Ukrainian citizenship, Saakashvili said he would return to Ukraine on Wednesday. “From Kiev I’ll be much closer to Tbilisi  [...] Ivanishvili will feel my hot [...]

Georgian PM denounces Saakashvili as a sad reminder of the past after Ukraine border stunt

By | September 13th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: |

Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Saakashvili is Georgia’s ‘very sad past’ says Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili while commenting recent developments in Ukraine. “Mikheil Saakashvili is the political past of our country, a very sad past, and it is very unfortunate, […]

Georgian ex-president burst through police block and into Ukraine

By | September 11th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–After trying for several hours, Mikheil Saakashvili finally managed to get into Ukraine Sunday evening, with the help of his supporters. Currently he is in Lviv and reportedly plans to travel to Kiev. “I don’t plan to oust anyone, I plan only to legally defend my interests,” […]

Saakashvili breaks through Ukraine border assisted by crowd of supporters

By | September 10th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: |

Mikheil Saakashvili addressing the media before boarding the train. (Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili broke through the border to Ukraine on Sunday, aided by a crowd of supporters. At first, the train he was riding from Poland, bound for the Ukrainian city of Lviv, was held at the border in Przemysl, […]

Saakashvili confirms pledge to enter Ukraine on September 10

By | September 7th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Mikheil Saakashvili made the pledge during a webcast from the Polish capital in mid August 2017. (Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has repeated a pledge made three weeks ago to return to Ukraine on September 10, despite the risk of being detained and extradited to Georgia where he may face criminal charges and possible imprisonment. […]