Thousands rally demanding Saakashvili 's release in Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili
Kiev (AFP) â Thousands of people rallied Sunday in central Kiev to demand the release of detained former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili and the impeachment of his rival  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
 Saakashvili  was president of Georgia from 2004 to 2013 but acquired Ukrainian nationality and served as a governor in Ukraine before falling out with Poroshenko.
Ukrainian security services arrested  Saakashvili  on Saturday following a botched attempt several days earlier when supporters swarmed the van where  he  was being held.
On Saturday  he  said  he  was going on hunger strike in protest at  his  detention.
 He  is also wanted in  his  native Georgia for alleged abuse of power.
 He  spearheaded a pro-Western âRose Revolutionâ in Georgia in 2003 and fought a disastrous war with Russia five years later that eventually prompted  him  to flee the Caucasus country.
 Saakashvili  returned to the spotlight as a vocal champion of the three-month street uprising in Kiev that toppled a Moscow-backed government in 2014 and turned Ukraine on a pro-EU course.
Poroshenko rewarded  Saakashvili  for his efforts by appointing  him  governor of the important Black Sea region of Odessa in 2015 before the two men fell out.
Kiev (AFP) â Thousands of people rallied Sunday in central Kiev to demand the release of detained former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili and the impeachment of his rival  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
 Saakashvili  was president of Georgia from 2004 to 2013 but acquired Ukrainian nationality and served as a governor in Ukraine before falling out with Poroshenko.
Ukrainian security services arrested  Saakashvili  on Saturday following a botched attempt several days earlier when supporters swarmed the van where   [TGT]   was being held.
On Saturday   [TGT]   said   [TGT]   was going on hunger strike in protest at   [TGT]   detention.
  [TGT]   is also wanted in   [TGT]   native Georgia for alleged abuse of power.
  [TGT]   spearheaded a pro-Western âRose Revolutionâ in Georgia in 2003 and fought a disastrous war with Russia five years later that eventually prompted   [TGT]   to flee the Caucasus country.
 Saakashvili  returned to the spotlight as a vocal champion of the three-month street uprising in Kiev that toppled a Moscow-backed government in 2014 and turned Ukraine on a pro-EU course.
Poroshenko rewarded  Saakashvili  for his efforts by appointing  him  governor of the important Black Sea region of Odessa in 2015 before the two men fell out.