Peter Poroshenko at passport control at the airport in KievKYIV, Jan 17Former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that they were going to detain him at the airport in Kiev, where he flew from Warsaw, but his supporters were afraid. «Today we already have our first victory, small but important. They were going to detain us at the airport and got scared you (supporters — ed.), because you are strong, you are great and you know how, and you know how to win,» Poroshenko said, speaking at a rally near the airport. At the same time, he praised his supporters for the slogans at the rally in his support. «I welcome your slogans. I'm not the author, but this is very cool: «I'll be back. It's true» («I'll be back. It's true» — a reference to the famous phrase of Arnold Schwarzenegger from the movie «Terminator» — ed.). Maybe you're right, «he said. Earlier, the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation reported that the Pechersky district On January 17, a Kyiv court will consider a petition to select a preventive measure for Poroshenko in the case of treason. On December 17, 2021, Poroshenko, suspected in the case of treason, 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 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.
