Ukraine's State Migration Service announced on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had issued a decree rescinding the citizenship of Georgian-born Saakashvili while he was in the United States.
He faces extradition to Georgia if he ventures back into Ukraine, local lawmaker Serhiy Leshchenko said. Saakashvili had his Georgian passport revoked after he was named governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region in 2015.
The politician is wanted in Georgia for several alleged felonies, including the embezzlement of $5 million in state funds, accusations that he claims
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