Ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili and the truth will be appointed by the Governor of the Odessa region, said the people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Advisor to the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko. "Mikhail Saakashvili is going to be the new Governor of Odessa region! Mikhail Saakashvili and in truth today was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the form of a candidate for the position of head of the Odessa region ", - wrote Gerashchenko on his own Facebook. Candidacy legally obliged the head of Ukraine. Before that, on the appointment of Saakashvili said the Minister of ecology and natural resources of Ukraine Igor Shevchenko. According to sources in the administration Poroshenko, the official appointment will take place on the first day of the weekend. On 13 February, the former head of Georgia was appointed as a freelance assistant to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. In addition, Saakashvili became head of the Advisory international Council of reforms under the President of Ukraine. Saakashvili is wanted at home on four articles of the criminal code. In February, the chief Prosecutor's office of Georgia appealed to the Ukrainian colleagues with the request for extradition of Saakashvili, but was refused. The Georgian authorities many times openly expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Kiev gives refuge Saakashvili and his entourage. However, the current Ukrainian leaders are ignoring protests from Tbilisi.