According to UNIAN, with reference to the Ukrayinska Pravda online newspaper's Telegram channel, which cites sources in the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, this issue is being discussed in the faction, and the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, may consider Saakashvili's appointment on Friday.

In addition, Deputy Head of the Servant of the People faction Yevhenia Kravchuk confirmed to the Ukrainian news outlet Obozrevatel information on Saakashvili's appointment to the government. According to her, his candidacy is being considered.

As UNIAN reported earlier, in July 2017, the then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree depriving Saakashvili of Ukrainian citizenship. The latter was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: criminal attempt (Part 1 of Article 15), criminal offense committed by a group of persons (two or more) upon prior conspiracy (Part 2 of Article 28), as well as assistance to members of criminal organizations and covering up their criminal activity (Part 2 of Article 256). 

On February 12, 2018, Saakashvili was transferred to Poland under the readmission procedure.

On May 28, 2019, newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky excluded the provision stripping Saakashvili of Ukrainian citizenship from his predecessor Petro Poroshenko's decree dated July 26, 2017.

On May 29, 2019, Saakashvili arrived at Kyiv's Boryspil Airport from Warsaw, Poland, saying he returned to Ukraine not for revenge.

On October 7, 2019, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings at the request of Saakashvili over his expulsion from Ukraine.

22 April 2020 / 17:12