He was the president of Georgia, then a governor in Ukraine, and now he’s in jail on hunger strike.

The arrest, and re-arrest, of Mikhail Saakashvii in Kiev has stirred protests which evoke memories of the Ukrainian revolution three years ago.

Saakashvili’s supporters say his detention is based on lies and they want him let go. They already freed him once earlier this week – from a police van.

Tuesday’s dramatic scenes saw a former president being dragged across a roof.

Police arrested him for allegedly conspiring with Russia against the Ukrainian state.

Saakashvili then escaped custody, before police tracked him down again on Friday.

The former Georgian leader says his arrest is politically motivated.

But is it really?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:

Alexander Korman – Former Head of the Public Council and First Deputy Chairman of Public Council to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Ukraine.
Sergey Markov – Former Russian MP & spokesman for President Vladimir Putin.
Lilit Gevorgyan – IHS Global Insigh tanalyst and principal economist covering Russia & Ukraine.

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10 COMMENTS

  1. Im Ukrainian and I know that war in my country just because Russian fascists come to our country!!! Russia is the biggest terroristic country which may come in any country and start the war just because…. the Russian piece = it is war!!!!!

  2. Incredibly corrupt, anyone who has spent significant time there knows it. Poroshenko is a oligarch. Saakashvili is corrupt beyond imagination. He got run out of Georgia for corruption and the circus of Ukrainian politics gave him citienship only for him to continue his skulduggery. No good guys in this scenario. Last summer, when I saw Saakashvili he was in a terrace of a fancy restaurant in the Maidan having a dinner with a young girl, student age. Promoting democracy Im sure.

  3. Saakashvili is the project, as I understand. And look, the situation started in winter. One more time. No one want creat the situation in summer. 🙂

  4. Having on two guests who are pro-Ukraine against one who is pro-Russian is unfair and shows a bias in favor of Ukrainian hegemony. I voted thumbs down for this video.

  5. When you say corrupt Ukraine, are you talking about a few in government, or everything and everyone in Ukraine? Please be clear.

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