Ukrainian opposition figure and Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) waves to supporters after he was released from detention in Kiev, Ukraine December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition figure Mikheil Saakashvili was freed from detention on Monday, after a Ukrainian judge turned down the prosecutors' request to place him under house arrest - the latest twist in his dramatic standoff with the authorities.
President of his native Georgia for nine years until 2013, Saakashvili moved to Ukraine after a popular uprising there and served under Poroshenko as a regional governor from 2015-2016, before falling out with the Ukrainian leader.
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