Georgian journalists not allowed to enter Ukraine
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Two Georgian journalists travelling to Ukrainian capital of Kiev were not allowed to enter the country from the Boryspil Airport today.
Vakho Sanaia - the journalist of TV Pirveli and Tamar Nutsubidze - the journalist of Rustavi 2 said they were flying to Ukraine to cover the developments around Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Georgia’s third President Saakashvili, who is charged with several crimes in Georgia, has been detained by Ukrainian security forces today in Kiev.
However, after several hours of conflict with law enforcement, Ukrainian supporters of Saakashvili have managed to get him out of the police car which intended to take him into custody.
Saakashvili is charged with cooperating with criminal groups and the cover up of offenses committed by them.If confirmed, the former president will face 3-5 years in prison for the charges.
Denied to enter Kiev, the two Georgian journalists have to travel back home.
After several hours of conflict with law enforcement, Ukrainian supporters of Georgia’s former President Saakashvili have managed to get him out of the police car which intended to take him into custody. The conflict emerged when Ukraine’s security forces detained Saakashvili earlier this morning in Kiev for cooperating with criminal groups and concealing crimes committed by these same groups.
Georgia’s third President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is charged with several crimes in Georgia, has been detained by Ukrainian security forces today in Kiev. Saakashvili is charged with cooperating with criminal groups and the cover up of offenses committed by them.
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko stated in Tbilisi today that the extradition of Georgia’s third President Mikheil Saakashvili, who faces several charges in Georgia, is dependent on the request from Georgia’s Government.
A court in the Ukrainian city of Lviv has fined Georgia’s ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili for illegally crossing the border between Poland and Ukraine.
Saakashvili, who was stripped of Ukrainian citizenship back in July, entered Ukraine via Poland by train on September 10.