KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Mikheil Saakashvili, the adamant opposition leader who was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship four months ago, was arrested late Friday in Ukraine’s capital.
Hundreds of his supporters gathered in a narrow street outside the police station where he was taken, shouting “Shame” and calling for others to join them.
The arrest boosted rising tensions in a country that has already been shaken by massive protest uprisings twice in this century.
Saakashvili’s extraordinary energy and strong charisma took him to the forefront of the 2003 Rose Revolution that forced out the government in his native Georgia. He then served as …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
