Petro Poroshenko. File photoKYIV, Jan. 14 The Pechersky District Court of Kiev will consider a motion to arrest former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on treason charges on January 17, the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) said on Friday. the court of Kiev appointed a court hearing on criminal proceedings on the criminal scheme of supplying coal from the temporarily occupied territories and assisting terrorist organizations «L/DNR». On January 17, 2022 at 11:00 am (12:00 Moscow time), a petition for a preventive measure in the form of detention against Petro Alekseevich Poroshenko,» the statement on the State Bureau of Investigation's website reads.Poroshenko and Medvedchuk may be cross-examined in Ukraine Later, the deputy promised to return to his homeland on January 17. Poroshenko's defense and supporters have repeatedly stated that the ex-president's foreign visit was planned in advance. Earlier, the press service of the Ukrainian prosecutor general's office said that the prosecutor's office would ask the court to arrest Poroshenko in a treason case with the possibility of posting a bail of about $37 million. The party of the ex-president «European Solidarity» considers this political repression. According to a number of Ukrainian media, the Kiev Pechersk Court allowed Poroshenko to be detained in order to take him to court and choose a preventive measure. Poroshenko first became a suspect in treason and aiding terrorism in the case of coal supplies from Donbass. Earlier, the ex-president stated that 130 criminal cases were initiated against him, but about 40 of them were closed. Poroshenko has the status of a suspect in the case of the appointment of Serhiy Semochko as Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. He is charged with abuse of power in this case. Poroshenko appears in cases on the appointment of judges, on the movement of paintings across the state border, on the incident with Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait, on the transfer of land. In these cases, the ex-president has the status of a witness.
