The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko confirmed in his quest to extradite the former Governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili home in Georgia.

This statement was made associate of the former Governor of the Odessa region, Davit Sakvarelidze, who previously held the post of Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine, reports “Russian conversation”. Sakvarelidze said that Poroshenko intends to discuss the issue of extradition of Saakashvili and the Russian businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Sakvarelidze said that Saakashvili can still protect yourself from extradition to his homeland. For this he needs to stay at his political opposition activities. Otherwise his fate will be sealed.

We will remind, the conflict between the two prominent politicians began at the end of 2016 . So, in November, Poroshenko signed a decree about the dismissal of Saakashvili from the post of Governor of the Odessa region, where former President of Georgia spent less than 18 months. Later it was reported that Saakashvili wants to impeach the President.

As previously reported, the widow of fugitive ex-Deputy of the state Duma Denis Boronenkov Maria Maksakova admitted that he had witnessed the preparation of the assassination attempt on Saakashvili.