The development is the latest twist in a long feud between Ukrainian authorities and Mikheil Saakashvili, who has turned on his one-time patron President Petro Poroshenko, accusing him of corruption and calling for his removal from office.
Authorities continue search for former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who had been set free by his supporters a day earlier.
First arrested by police officers in a rooftop raid, supporters came to his aid and freed him. The former Georgian president who then became the mayor of Odessa faces charges of assisting a criminal organisation.
Mikheil Saakashvili is stateless. Stripped of citizenship by both nations, he kept his word when he vowed to re-enter Ukraine.
Former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili steps down claiming Ukraine's President Poroshenko supports clans.
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