Ukraine police open criminal case after former Georgian leader Saakashvili breaks through border

‘Ukrainian police say they have opened criminal proceedings into the illegal border crossing of former Georgian president and Odessa governor Mikhail Saakashvili, during which he and his supporters publicly forced their way through a cordon on the Polish border.
Saakashvili crossed into Ukraine in a quest to regain his Ukrainian citizenship of which he was stripped in July while being away from the country.
The politician defiantly vowed to challenge the authorities and return to Ukraine, recruiting a crowd of supporters in the opposition and alerting the media.
Local police in Lvov issued a statement saying the case was opened under an article of the criminal code: “Illegal smuggling of people through Ukraine’s state border,” and that perpetrators could face up to five years in jail.’

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