Saakashvili demands to allow admission to Odesa beaches: It is violation of constitutional rights. VIDEO Head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili promised to solve the problem of forbidden beaches in Odesa. 127 885 507 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili
Passport will be confiscated, and citizen banned from entry, - State Border Service on Saakashvili's attempt to cross Ukraine's border The State Border Service says if Saakashvili attempts to cross Ukrainian border, the border guards will act in accordance with the law. 38 087 499 Previously in trend: Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship
Experts confirm authenticity of Saakashvili’s, Kurchenko’s voices in intercepted conversations About 15 persons have been interviewed as witnesses in the case filed against Dangadze, Dynnyk, Kurchenko, and Saakashvili. 22 347 494 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili
Protesters keep blocking police van with Saakashvili inside, construct barricade. PHOTOS Supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili, the leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl party, continue blocking the paddy wagon in which the law enforcers are trying to take the politician away. 35 098 494 Incidents
Supporters release Saakashvili from paddy wagon. VIDEO+PHOTOS Georgia’s ex-President of, former Odesa region Governor, Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili was released from the police van by the crowd. 59 147 483 Incidents
Saakashvili demands to immediately oust Illichivsk Port CEO Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili demands to remove head of the Illichivsk Sea Commercial Port Yurii Kruk. 106 041 482 Incidents
Lutsenko: It’s not Saakashvili whom PGO suspects of attempted coup but his right-hand man Dangadze Ukraine’s Prosecutor General's Office denies that it suspects Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili of plotting a takeover funded by runaway oligarch Serhii Kurchenko. 22 145 468 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili
Spokesperson for Ukraine’s president publishes Saakashvili’s letter to Poroshenko ‘to avoid further manipulations’ Spokesperson for the president of Ukraine Sviatoslav Tseholko has made public a letter of Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili to Petro Poroshenko after his supporters clashed with the law enforcers outside Kyiv’s Zhovtnevyi Palace. 37 853 456 Ukrainian Politics
If we do not pay civil servants properly, state apparatus will collapse in six months, – Saakshvili If Ukrainian civil servants do not get decent salaries, the state machine will not last longer than six months. 40 534 450 Ukrainian Politics
Cabinet won't submit Saakashvili's candidacy for deputy premier The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will not submit to the Verkhovna Rada this week the candidacy of Mikheil Saakashvili for the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Reforms. 80 611 448 Previously in trend: New Cabinet
US embassy on weekend rally in Kyiv: "Attempts to seize and damage public buildings are abuse of right to peaceful protest" The U.S. embassy in Ukraine condemned the attempt of Saakashvili supporters to seize Kyiv-based International Center for Culture and Arts better known as Zhovtnevyi Palace. 14 862 441 World
Remand of Odesa activists Sternenko and Rezvushkin is misjudgment. Authorities create problems for themselves out of thin air, - Butusov The remand of Odesa activists Serhii Sternenko and Yevhen Rezvushkin in custody is a misjudgment. This case can cause enormous damage to the reputation of the authorities. 74 520 441 Previously in trend: Arrest of Odesa activists
Saakashvili joins rally outside Rada. VIDEO+PHOTOS Former Odesa region Governor Mikheil Saakashvili wanted by the police has joined the protesters holding rally near the building of the Ukrainian parliament. 27 776 438 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili
"We'll press for early elections," - Sakvarelidze The team of Odesa region governor Mikheil Saakashvili, who tendered resignation on Nov. 7, plans to actively engage in politics in Ukraine and press for early parliamentary elections. 65 441 418 Previously in trend: Saakashvili's resignation
Ukraine to reinforce its border with Transnistria, Saakashvili says Head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili said he intends to engage in the strengthening of the border with the breakaway republic of Transnistria. 62 994 416 Ukrainian Politics
Thieves in law move their business from Odesa region, - Odesa Governor Saakashvili Ex-president of Georgia, Odesa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili says the city's underworld did not dare to physically remove him out of cowardice. 123 942 401 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili
Ukraine is Europe’s China, - Saakashvili intends to turn Odesa into major hub on the Black Sea Head of the Odessa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili noted potential position of Odesa as a regional transportation, logistics, tourism and IT hub in the Black Sea region and intends to implement them. 116 281 396 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili
Saakashvili derails questioning, new summons to follow, - PGO Leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl party Mikheil Saakashvili thwarted the investigative actions - the questioning and recording samples of his voice required for examination of wiretapped conversations published by the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) after botched attempt to apprehend him. 7 981 386 Incidents
Ukraine’s top prosecutor vows to punish those who helped Saakashvili enter country last September regardless of their status Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko says that if evidence found that certain MPs assisted Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili to illegally enter the country by crossing the state border in September 2017, he will request the parliament to strip them of immunity. 72 672 381 Previously in trend: Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship Saakashvili breached across border
Saakashvili detention captured on surveillance cameras. VIDEO New footage of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili being detained in a Kyiv restaurant surfaced on the Internet. 82 659 378 Previously in trend: Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship
"Unlike some, I am not passport collector," - Klimkin responded to Saakashvili's claims Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said he is not "a passport collector" and is not going to leave Ukraine "whatever circumstances." 52 829 378 Ukrainian Politics
Poroshenko blasts Saakashvili for "empty talking" and poor work as Odesa governor During his working visit to the Odesa region, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko went negative on the work of the Odesa Regional State Administration at the time it was led by Mikheil Saakashvili. 73 378 361 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili
Sakvarelidze to be appointed prosecutor of Odesa region today Head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili will hold a briefing on the appointment of Davit Sakvarelidze prosecutor of Odesa region. 52 366 356 Ukrainian Politics
Saakashvili says he's returning to Georgia. VIDEO Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who now serves as chairman of the executive committee of the National Reform Council of Ukraine, has said that he is returning home. 36 777 354 Ukrainian Politics
"Poroshenko said he was hampered by Yatseniuk. We helped get rid of him," - Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili, the Odesa region governor who has declared his resignation, says the government continues to pursue old schemes. 140 239 353 Previously in trend: Saakashvili's resignation
"Tents will not be demolished, but entry to protest area will be made through metal detection frames," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko said the tents near the Verkhovna Rada will not be demolished. Law enforcers will check everyone who enters the protest area. 51 718 349 Previously in trend: Protests at Rada building
Odesa Governor Saakashvili warns of possible deligitimization of Ukraine's political class Head of the Odesa regional state administration Mikheil Saakashvili believes that without reforms, the country's political class is being deligitimized. 80 797 347 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili
Zelenskyi calls Georgia's reaction to Saakashvili's appointment wrong Ukraine has perfect relations with Georgia, and Georgia's reaction to the appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili to the post of head of the Executive Committee of Ukraine's National Reform Council is wrong, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said. 31 676 347 Ukrainian Politics
Ukraine’s Police Chief Dekanoidze vacates seat: "My mission accomplished" Chief of the National Police of Ukraine Khatia Dekanoidze tendered her resignation. 95 429 341 Incidents
Poroshenko on Avakov-Saakashvili incident: He who provides evidence base will be more persuasive President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has voiced his position regarding the incident between Interior Minister Avakov and Odesa Governor Saakashvili, which occurred at the National Council of Reforms meeting. 57 543 336 Ukrainian Politics
Saakashvili plans to return to Ukraine on April 1. Border guards say he has no grounds for it Mikheil Saakashvili said that he plans to return to Ukraine in the nearest future. 14 634 333 World
Five MPs and former SBU head crossed Ukraine's border illegally together with Saakashvili, - MP Herashchenko Five members of Ukrainian parliament and former head of Security Service of Ukraine illegally crossed the state border of Ukraine together with leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party, former Odesa governor and ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili on Sept. 10. 82 072 324 Previously in trend: Saakashvili breached across border
Saakashvili suspected of aiding crime ring members, - SBU The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in conjunction with the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) detained Mikheil Saakashvili in downtown Kyiv on Dec. 5. 18 958 318 Ukrainian Politics
Saakashvili: I will seek no political asylum in Poland Former Georgian President, Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili says he would not apply for political asylum in Poland. 59 876 308 Previously in trend: Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship
Saakashvili detained in downtown Kyiv. VIDEO Former Georgia’s President, leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party Mikheil Saakashvili was apprehended by armed men in uniforms in a restaurant in the heart of Kyiv. 69 738 307 Previously in trend: Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship
"Yatseniuk's resignation inevitable, for Ukraine's good," - Saakashvili Resignation of Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk is imminent and will benefit Ukraine. 60 627 304 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet
Saakashvili denied refugee status and faces extradition, - Lutsenko Ukraine’s State Migration Service has denied refugee status to the former President of Georgia, former head of Odesa region administration Mikheil Saakashvili. After the verdict, he can be extradited or deported from the Ukrainian territory under legal basis. 38 348 304 Previously in trend: Saakashvili breached across border
Five Saakashvili supporters detained over border breach, - Interior Ministry On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the police have detained five active participants in breaching the Shehyni border crossing. 91 878 298 Previously in trend: Saakashvili breached across border
"Illichivsk Port CEO contracted 'political flu' and organizes paid rallies, but we'll do our best to make the port work to the state's good," - Governor Saakashvili As announced by the Odesa region governor Mikheil Saakashvili on Thursday at the port of Illichivsk, the Illichivsk Commercial Sea Port CEO Yurii Kruk is dismissed. 71 354 291 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili
No plans to foment new revolution in Ukraine, - Saakashvili Leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party, former Odesa governor Mikheil Saakashvili does not intend to organize a new revolution in Ukraine. 37 387 283 Previously in trend: Saakashvili breached across border