Saakashvili Resigns As Governor Of Ukraine's Odesa Region

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Saakashvili Resigns As Governor Of Ukraine's Odesa Region

Mikheil Saakashvili, the self-exiled former Georgian president, has resigned from his post as the governor of Ukraine's Odesa region.

Saakashvili told reporters on November 7 that "the last straw that broke my patience" was Ukrainian officials' income declarations last week. The data exposed a vast difference between the fortunes of politicians and those they represent.

Media reports from preliminary data obtained from those declarations placed President Petro Poroshenko and several lawmakers from his political party -- the Petro Poroshenko's Bloc "Solidarity" -- on a list of the richest individuals in Ukraine, with assets in cash and property valued at millions of dollars.

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