Russia will not consider exchanging Pro-Kremlin politician Medvedchuk for captured Ukrainian soldiers. The Kremlin does not see the possibility of exchanging the People’s Deputy, former co-chairman of the “Opposition Platform – For Life” party Viktor Medvedchuk, for captured Uk... #CapturedMedvedchuk #Medvedchuk
Viktor Medvedchuk, the Ukrainian opposition leader who is a close friend of Vladimir Putin, is to spend two months under house arrest while awaiting trial for high treason. A Kyiv judge rejected yesterday a prosecutor’s request for jail in lieu of bail of nearly $11 million. The Russian president is the godfather of Medvedchuk’s daughter. In the 424-member Rada, Medvedch... #ChargesAgainstMedvedchuk #Medvedchuk #MedvedchukArrest
In a crackdown on pro-Russian political and business interests, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has authorized high treason charges against two Rada members, Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak. In February, the Kyiv government seized the pair’s three TV stations, a chain of gas stations and oil pipeline. Yesterday Venediktova said that Medvedchuk and Kozak ... #ChargesAgainstMedvedchuk #Medvedchuk #SunctionsforMedvedchuk