Petro Poroshenko during a court hearing in KievKIEV, Jan 17 Former President of Ukraine, the leader of the European Solidarity party, Petro Poroshenko, fell asleep during the trial, the broadcast is on the YouTube channel «Judicial Power of Ukraine.» The former head of state arrived in Ukraine from Warsaw on Monday. According to the politician, when passing through control at the airport in Kiev, they tried not to let him into the country and took away his passport under the guise of a check. Later, the document was returned to him, and Poroshenko crossed the border. The Pechersky District Court began considering the prosecutor's office's petition to select a measure of restraint for him in the case of treason. During the speech of lawyer Igor Golovan, the former president closed his eyes, then leaned on his arm and began to bow his head. Poroshenko managed to sleep for just over a minute, after which he opened his eyes. None of the participants in the meeting, including the judge, paid attention to this. Since mid-December, Poroshenko has been abroad on a diplomatic tour and promised to return on January 17. Recently, the court seized all his property. At the same time, the office of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General stated that they would be asked to arrest the politician himself with the possibility of making a bail of about $37 million. The Poroshenko-led European Solidarity Party considers this political repression. Previously, the ex-president said that 130 criminal cases were opened against him, but about 40 of them have already been closed.
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