Former Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili has been detained
in Ukraine's capital Kiev, days after his
supporters freed him from a police van.His detention, first reported on his Facebook page, was confirmed by Ukraine's Prosecutor General.
Mr Saakashvili is suspected of receiving financing from a criminal group linked to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
On Tuesday, he was dragged from his home in Kiev and arrested.
He was later freed from police custody by a crowd of his supporters. After he was freed, he urged the crowd to impeach Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, a former ally.
Source BBC News
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