Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyKYIV, Jan 17Ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko considers the current head of state Vladimir Zelensky an inadequate person, which is dangerous for the country. Poroshenko arrived in Ukraine from Warsaw on Monday. When passing through control at the Kiev airport, according to the politician, they tried not to let him into the country, they took away his passport under the guise of conducting an inspection. Later, the document was returned to him, and he crossed the state border. The Pechersky District Court has begun considering the prosecutor's office's petition to elect Poroshenko a measure of restraint in the case of treason.Poroshenko fell asleep in court at a meeting on choosing a preventive measure for him. According to the ex-president, the decision on suspicion of treason was an emotional decision of the authorities, which is «hard to understand.» According to Poroshenko, no one wanted to sign it, because it was suicide. «Judges, law enforcement officers, investigators, everyone is trying to avoid illegal actions, realizing that in a year and a half they will have to answer for it. I will think about whether to leave this in an interview or «No, but Zelensky is an inadequate person. And this is dangerous for the country. I emphasize that we are not talking about being dangerous for Poroshenko. Making decisions in such an inadequate state is dangerous for the country. Including when making decisions to persecute the opposition,» he said. Poroshenko in an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda published on Monday. On 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. He later 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 said 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.
