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Ukraine's ex-president Poroshenko leaves country for political meeting

FILE PHOTO: 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, gives a thumbs-up as he greets his supporters after a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who is under investigation for possible treason, has been allowed to leave Ukraine at a border crossing with Poland to attend a political meeting, local media and his allies said on Monday.

Poroshenko is being probed in connection with the financing of Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country through illegal coal sales in 2014-15. He denies any wrongdoing.

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