The decision was announced by a judge of Kyiv's Pechersky district court at a hearing on Monday, December 11, an UNIAN correspondent said.
Read alsoSaakashvili in courtroom: "I consider myself a prisoner of war"The judge noted that the court decided that "the prosecutor's petition in criminal proceedings ... for a preventive measure in the form of round-the-clock house arrest for the suspect, Saakashvili, should not be satisfied."
The decision may be appealed at the Court of Appeals within five days from the date of the announcement.
The full verdict is scheduled to be read out at 09:00 a.m. on December 14.
Saakashvili was detained in Kyiv on December 8 and remanded in custody at the SBU's Security Service's pre-trial detention center. He announced hunger strike in protest against his detention. Saakashvili is suspected of attempted crime (Part 1 of Article 15 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), crime committed by prior agreement with a group of persons (Part 2 of Article 28), assistance to participants in criminal organizations and concealment of their criminal activities (Part 2 of Article 256).
