Ukraine has arrested the fugitive oligarch and close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Viktor Medvedchuk in a special President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.
Share photo of Medvedchuk sitting in a chair with Zelensky said his hands are tied on His account on Telegram: “A special The operation has been performed out Thanks to SBU (Security Service of Ukraine). I master it!”
In February, Medvedchuk . escaped house arrest.
Medvedchuk, the leader of Ukrainian opposition platform – for life partywas under house arrest where last year After the authorities opened a case of treason against for him. Medvedchuk, a pro-Russian figure who says Russian President Vladimir Putin is his godfather daughterdenies any wrongdoing.
Last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a decree imposing sanctions against Pro-Russian MP Taras Kozak and eight of His companies, including the three television stations. The channels are officially owned by Kozak but they also Associated with Medvedchuk.
Zelensky’s spokesman described the three TV channels as a “propaganda tool” and said they received funding “from Russia”.
