Ukrainian former President Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of high treason by financing pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine while in office in 2014-2015, addresses his supporters outside a court building before a hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A Ukrainian judge rejected a prosecutor's request to arrest ex-president Petro Poroshenko in a treason case, in a televised hearing on Wednesday.
Judge Oleksiy Sokolov said Poroshenko should instead appear before prosecutors and investigators when requested to do so.
Poroshenko is being investigated for treason in a case that he says was cooked up by allies of his successor, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Supporters of Ukrainian former President Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of high treason by financing pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine while in office in 2014-2015, gather outside a court building during a hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2022. A placard reads: "Country needs Porokh (Poroshenko)". REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by Jon Boyle)
A man reacts amid the crowd as law enforcement officers cordon off the area from supporters of Ukrainian former President Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of high treason by financing pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine while in office in 2014-2015, near a court building before a hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoUkrainian former President Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of high treason by financing pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine while in office in 2014-2015, attends a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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