Ukrainian prosecutors have demanded the arrest of former President Petro Poroshenko, accused of “high treason” or bail of 30 million euros, in a case that could provoke an internal political crisis amid geopolitical controversy. with Russia.
Poroshenko returned to Ukraine this morning, although he was in danger of being arrested. After being greeted by thousands of his supporters, who had gathered outside Kiev airport, he immediately went to court to decide whether he would be remanded in custody.
The judge has not yet decided whether to order pre-trial detention or to release him on bail.
“The government is confused and weak. “Instead of fighting (Russian President Vladimir Putin) Putin, they are trying to fight us,” the 56-year-old former president said in front of his supporters, who chanted his name.
During the hearing, the prosecutor’s representative asked Poroshenko to be required to wear an electronic bracelet and to post a 1 billion hryvnia (about 30 million euros) bail if he wanted to stay out of prison.
Poroshenko, who was accompanied to court by his lawyers and several lawmakers, accused authorities of collaborating with Moscow in his case. “The enemy is at the gates” and “he wants to defeat us by dividing the country, sowing discord,” he said.
Poroshenko accuses his successor in the presidency of trying to divert public attention away from the country’s real problems.
Authorities believe that during his presidency he maintained trade relations with the pro-Russian separatists of Donbass, which is a “final betrayal”.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, who is in Kiev today with a U.S. Senate delegation, said he was confident Porsenko would have a “fair trial” but added that he was “concerned” about the persecution of “political opponents” in Ukraine.
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