Ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili set for triumphant return to Ukraine


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  • Wednesday, 29 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili addresses supporters via a video link during an opposition rally following the recent presidential election in Tbilisi, Georgia December 2, 2018. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

KIEV (Reuters) - Former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili is set for a triumphant return to Ukraine on Wednesday a year after being deported in a feud with former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko.

One of the most recognisable politicians in the post-Soviet world, Saakashvili had been brought in by Poroshenko to be governor of the southern Odessa region in 2015. They fell out and Saakashvili accused Poroshenko of corruption.

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