Viktor Medvedchuk

Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk (; born 7 August 1954) is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer and business oligarch.Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005,  On 12 April 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine arrested Medvedchuk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a photo of Medvedchuk in handcuffs wearing a Ukrainian military uniform.Ukraine secret service says it has arrested top Putin ally, Reuters (12 April 2022) The SBU caught Medvedchuk, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 April 2022)

Later in 2022, he was sent from Ukraine to Russia.

Biography
He has been a member of the Verkhovna Rada since 29 August 2019.

In February 2021, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine sanctioned him and his wife for giving money that supported terrorism in Ukraine. Youtube blocked the broadcast of Medvedchuk's channel, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 March 2021) In May 2021, he was accused of treason. Medvedchuk has been under house arrest since 13 May 2021.Court gives permission to detain Kozak, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 May 2021)

On 8 March 2022, Medvedchuk was removed as co-chairman of the political party Opposition Platform — For Life. Boyko became the chairman of the political council of the OPZH. Medvedchuk was deprived of the post of co-chairman,  (8 March 2022)

He is [no longer] the chairman of the pro-Russia political organization Ukrainian Choice.Kremlin-imposed "Ukrainian choice", The Ukrainian Week (3 July 2012).Playing opposition, Den (15 August 2013).Russia's Plan For Ukraine: Purported Leaked Strategy Document Raises Alarm, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (20 August 2013).

Some have called him "Putin's closest ally in Ukraine".

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Category:2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine