In Kiev, several thousand people peacefully protested the house arrest of opposition figure Mikhail Saakashvili and called for the impeachment of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Reuters reported Dec. 10. Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, accuses the Ukrainian authorities of widespread corruption. Prosecutors trumped up the charges against him, he says, to undercut his campaign against the president. Protesters were heard shouting "Shame" and "Impeachment" as they marched to Maidan square , where pro-European protests during 2013-14 ousted a president backed by Russia.