Medvedchuk suspected of serious crimes
< Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko has said that Moscow authorities are not considering exchanging pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk.
SBU Chairman Ivan Bakanov says that Medvedchuk is cooperating with the investigation .
No, it is not being considered. I have already spoken on this topic, we do not have such information at the Foreign Ministry, ”Russian state agencies quoted him as saying.
Medvedchuk himself asked to be exchanged for military and civilians in Mariupol. On May 21, LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky said Moscow would study the transfer of Azov militants in exchange for Medvedchuk, but later asked “not to cling to polite language.”
On May 23, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said that Medvedchuk could not be exchanged for the Mariupol garrison from Azovstal.
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Godfather of Russian dictator Viktor Medvedchuk testified against the fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, which were later published by the SBU. It concerns the involvement of the latter in the withdrawal from state ownership of part of the main oil pipeline “Samara – Western direction” in order to further pump diesel fuel through it, and the purchase of coal in the “L/DNR”.
Poroshenko's lawyer Igor Golovan later said that Medvedchuk's testimony was an SBU PR campaign . He accused the service of putting pressure on the court, as it was on the day of the publication of the materials that a hearing on his client's case was to take place.
What is inside this lawsuit and what it could mean for the country, read in the material Inna Vedernikova “Poroshenko's case. Inside and out” , and about the prospects of this investigation and possible consequences, read in the materials Alexander Shulga “On the trajectory of crises. From” Minsk “to early presidential elections?” and Vitaliy Shabunin “Forecast for 2022: what events to expect on the anti-corruption front” .
See the special topic: SBU summoned Yatsenyuk, Turchynov and Avakov for interrogation Agendas dated May 19. Medvedchuk is cooperating with the investigation – Bakanov He noted that the detainee's testimony made it clear what the state policy was like before. Eurosolidarity responded to Medvedchuk's testimony about Poroshenko The party urges not to trust Putin's aide and not to incite internal enmity. Medvedchuk is suspected of serious crimes, his testimony will be verified – Venislavsky The deputy commented on the possibility of opening new criminal cases according to Medvedchuk. Poroshenko commented on Medvedchuk's testimony The defense of the fifth president accused the SBU of putting pressure on the court, as a hearing on their case is scheduled for today client.
