December 11, 2017
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian judge on Monday turned down the prosecutors’ request to place Ukrainian opposition figure Mikheil Saakashvili under house arrest, paving the way for his release from detention.
“The prosecutors’ petition … is dismissed,” Judge Larysa Tsokol told the court.
Prosecutors accuse the 49-year-old of assisting a criminal organization, charges he says were trumped up to undermine his campaign to unseat Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Alison Williams)
source https://capitalisthq.com/ukrainian-judge-turns-down-request-to-place-saakashvili-under-house-arrest/
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