“There will be not just thieves, there will be separatism, Ukraine will really break up,” he said.

He also believes that local oligarchs in different parts of Ukraine "have overgrown with money and private armies."

“These people do not just go anywhere, they are preparing the infrastructure so that Ukraine becomes five more“ Ukraine, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

In July 2019, Saakashvili announced that his party, the Movement of New Forces, refused to participate in the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in favor of the political force of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, “Servant of the People.”

The head of the Party of the Servant of the People Dmitry Razumkov later stated that it was Saakashvili’s personal position.