KYIV, Dec 11 – Serhiy Kurchenko, a wealthy businessman linked to former President Viktor Yanukovych, denied reports from prosecutors that he had financed an opposition rally in Ukraine.

Prosecutors alleged Kurchenko financed Mikheil Saakashvili’s rally, a charge that had led to Saakashvili’s arrest over the weekend. A Kyiv court freed Saakashvili on Monday.