Head of the political council of the Ukrainian party «Opposition Platform — For Life» Viktor Medvedchuk at the Kiev Court of AppealKYIV, 19 Jan. The authorities are obliged to remove house arrest from the head of the political council of the Ukrainian party «Opposition Platform — For Life» Viktor Medvedchuk, who is suspected of treason in the case of coal supplies from Donbass, just as ex-president Petro Poroshenko was released on a personal commitment, the co-chairman of the Opposition Platform — for life» Vadim Rabinovich. The prosecutor's office of Ukraine asked to arrest Poroshenko in the case of treason with the possibility of making a bail in the amount of about 35.7 million dollars. On Wednesday, the court released Poroshenko on personal bond, obliging him to hand over his passports to travel abroad.The Rada said that Zelensky violated nine articles of the constitution «The authorities are obliged to immediately remove (home — ed.) arrest from Viktor Medvedchuk, whom Zelensky accused of the same ridiculous «coal case» that they tried to accuse Poroshenko of today. There is no legal logic in that these two politicians have a different preventive measure, especially since Medvedchuk has never shied away from the investigation!” — Rabinovich wrote on his Facebook page. According to him, if house arrest is not lifted from Medvedchuk, this will mean that the authorities will fully confirm that he is being subjected to political reprisals that have nothing to do with the law.
They threw coal into treason. Will Zelensky imprison Poroshenko On October 8, Ukrainian law enforcement officials announced a new suspicion of treason and assistance to terrorism to the head of the political council of the Opposition Platform for Life party, Viktor Medvedchuk. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Ivan Bakanov, said that in 2014 Medvedchuk organized the supply of coal from the territory of Donbass not controlled by Kiev in collusion with the top leadership of Ukraine. President of Ukraine — at that time Poroshenko — to implement this plan.The Rada accused Zelensky of deception due to the purchase of coal from RussiaThe court decided to elect Medvedchuk a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest until December 7, and later the court extended round-the-clock house arrest until March 10. Medvedchuk stated in court that coal supplies were organized at the request of the Ukrainian leadership, and were legal, as they were carried out from Ukrainian enterprises, and there was no ban on trading with companies in uncontrolled territories at that time. He also criticized the evidence voiced by the prosecutors in the case, saying that the provided recordings of his alleged conversations with representatives of the DPR and LPR were mounted. Poroshenko is suspected of treason and assistance to terrorism in the case of coal supplies from Donbass, he faces up to 15 years in prison. On Monday, he arrived in Ukraine from Warsaw. Earlier, the ex-president said that 130 criminal cases were initiated against him, but about 40 of them have already been closed. Poroshenko and Medvedchuk called the accusations against them absurd and declared their readiness to defend themselves in court. coal
