Petro Poroshenko in court in Kiev. January 17, 2022KYIV, Jan 17The ex-president of Ukraine, leader of the European Solidarity party, Petro Poroshenko, arrived at the Pechersky District Court of Kiev, where a petition for a preventive measure in the case of treason will be considered, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Poroshenko arrived in Ukraine from Warsaw on Monday, while passing 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. Poroshenko came to court with his wife. Before the meeting, he addressed his supporters at a rally and entered the courtroom. 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.Authorities have denied allegations of an attempt to prevent Poroshenko from entering Ukraine. Earlier, the press service of the office of the Ukrainian prosecutor general 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.
