On tuesday saakashvili 49 climbed up the rooftop of his apartment building just off maidan nezalezhnosti the famous square that was the epicenter of ukraine s revolution in the winter of.
Saakashvili on roof.
For a while at least he threatened to.
Now ukraine has a new president volodymyr zelensky with a new outlook.
Twice president of georgia saakashvili had a brief but stormy spell in ukrainian politics five years ago under zelenskiy s predecessor petro poroshenko in which he once clambered onto a roof to.
In a dramatic standoff with ukrainian law enforcement mikheil saakashvili threatened to jump off the roof of his apartment building then was detained and b.
He was freed from police by a large group of protesters.
Former georgian president and former governor of odessa ukraine mikheil saakashvili escaped police custody on tuesday after a crowd of hundreds of supporters dragged him out of the police car into which officers placed him after a raid on his home in kiev.
Even by mikheil saakhashvili s standards it was a dramatic scene.
Shortly after 7am local time the former georgian president appeared on his kiev rooftop.
On 5 december 2017 saakashvili who was leading anti government protests at the time was temporarily detained by ukraine s security service on the roof of his apartment building in central kyiv and his apartment was searched.
Saakashvili on the roof.
Local media showed pictures of saakashvili on the roof of the building.
They want to kidnap me because i rallied in ukrainian people s defence he told supporters gathered outside according to the kiyiv post.
The house of former georgia president mikheil saakashvili in kiev was searched by police on tuesday morning.