Petro Poroshenko. File photoKYIV, Jan 16Former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is sure that upon returning to the country from Poland he will not be detained by law enforcement officers. After his business trip, Poroshenko will return to Ukraine on January 17 in the morning. Supporters are planning to meet him at the Kiev airport. «Not because I am so inviolable, but there are zero reasons for this. I am sure that (Ukrainian President Vladimir) Zelensky will not do this — he will not shoot himself in the foot. There are no grounds (for detention — ed.), so there is nothing to comment on,» Poroshenko said at a briefing in Warsaw, which was broadcast on his Facebook. Earlier, the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation announced that the Pechersky District Court of Kiev on January 17 will consider a petition to elect a preventive measure for Poroshenko in the case of high treason .
Poroshenko accused Zelensky of intending to become a dictatorOn December 17, 2021, Poroshenko, a suspect in the treason case, left the country and went on a diplomatic tour, during which visits to Turkey and Poland were planned. 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.
