Court to decide on pre-trial restriction for Saakashvili within 72 hours
Leader of the Movement of New Forces Party and ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained by law-enforcement agencies in keeping with law, and the court will decide on a pre-trial restriction for him within 72 hours, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, MP from the People's Front parliamentary faction Anton Gerashchenko has said.
"M.Saakashvili has indeed been detained by members of the National Police in strict adherence to law," he tweeted on Friday evening.
According to him, Saakashvili was hiding in a Kyiv apartment and no one was hurt during his arrest.
"Now the court will select a measure of restraint for Saakashvili within 72 hours for the period of investigation," Gerashchenko said.
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