International Media Responds to Mikheil Saakashvili"s Detention. The detention of the Ukrainian opposition leader may cause further protests against Poroshenko. This is stated in the article published by the Financial Times.

According to a British journalist, the Ukrainian revolution and the president are facing a strict test. The article states that the arrest of one of the most prominent leaders of the post-Soviet period is strengthening tensions in Kiev.

According to the author, the current protests led by Mikheil Saakashvili strengthened the pressure of Western supporters on the Ukrainian president.

"The Washington Post" calls Mikheil Saakashvili a resolute leader of Ukraine"s opposition and writes that his detention has heightened tensions in the country, which has been rocked twice in this century by large-scale rallies and riots.

"Ukraine has arrested an anti-corruption activist - Saakashvili," the American edition said