She believes that the SBU is allegedly holding him illegally.
Oksana Marchenko, wife and business -Partner of Vladimir Putin's godfather and OPZH MP Viktor Medvedchuk, who was detained by the SBU yesterday, appealed to President Vladimir Zelensky to release her husband. She posted the video on her YouTube page.
“I am Oksana Marchenko, the wife of the People's Deputy of Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk, I appeal to President Zelensky. I ask you to take all necessary steps to immediately release my husband Medvedchuk Viktor Vladimirovich, who is illegally detained by the SBU. Viktor Vladimirovich did not violate any Ukrainian laws. You have always advocated peace and dialogue, harmony in Ukraine, you know this very well, Mr. President, and there is no doubt that he is being persecuted for political reasons contrary to Ukrainian law and international law. your answer, “Marchenko said.
Marchenko later filmed another video address, this time to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Medvedchuk's wife called on him to help his family and become a mediator in “these dark hours.”
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Recall that on April 12, the president Volodymyr Zelenskyi of Ukraine announced the detention of Vladimir Putin's godfather and Viktor Medvedchuk, a member of the Security Service of Ukraine. Later in the address, the president suggested that Russia exchange him for Ukrainian citizens in captivity. Zelensky also stated the need to try Medvedchuk “according to the rules of wartime.”
“. However, they are not sure whether Medvedchuk himself will want this exchange. But after such a proposal, Moscow turned to threats to the Ukrainian authorities , calling the story of Putin's godfather a “British scheme.”
