Saakashvili Faces Criminal Probe After Illegal Ukraine Entry
- Stateless ex-Georgian president arrived Sunday from Poland
- Ukrainian leader revoked his former ally’s passport in July
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Ex-Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili is facing a criminal probe after illegally entering Ukraine, though President Petro Poroshenko risks emboldening opposition forces by prosecuting his former ally.
Police are investigating after Saakashvili, who wants to challenge the revocation of his Ukrainian passport in July that left him stateless, and his supporters broke through a cordon on the country’s western border with Poland on Sunday. More than two dozen Ukrainian lawmakers and politicians, including ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, traveled to join him. Police say scuffles injured several border servicemen.