Viktor MedvedchukMOSCOW, Jan 27With regard to Viktor Medvedchuk, Kiev made completely unjust, unlawful decisions, Medvedchuk essentially followed the instructions of the president and acted legally, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with leading Russian media, including RIA Novosti. in the current Ukrainian political establishment, who may be aiming to normalize relations with Russia, Medvedev replied that whatever he said, firstly, it would be incorrect, because Ukraine is an independent state.
The Rada called for the release of Medvedchuk from house arrest «Second: to name a name means to immediately «burn» this person and substitute them under the sanctions of the National Security and Defense Council, which makes completely unjust, unlawful decisions, as in relation to Medvedchuk. Now they are using non-judicial organs, as we had in 1937, in fact, troikas.They gathered, only there are a little more of them, they decided to take away someone’s property — they took it away, they decided to put someone in jail — they put them in. So calling someone is a hopeless business,» Medvedev said. He stressed that «we have our friends and partners,» and in this sense, one cannot fail to mention Medvedchuk, who is in a rather difficult situation due to house arrest and criminal prosecution , which is being conducted against him.» And for those actions, by the way, which he, in fact, performed, following the instructions of the president, which, in my opinion, in general, in any case, of any person, if we are talking about legal x actions (and these are legal actions, no doubt), exempts from any responsibility, because we are talking about government decisions,» Medvedev said. «/>Medvedchuk found a way to avoid a «catastrophe» in the energy sector of Ukraine. He added that Medvedchuk «is our partner, our friend, we have good inter-party relations.» not pro-Russian, but pro-Ukrainian, but who will pursue a pragmatic policy, who will think first of all about their own people, and not about being elected president again, as is happening now,» Medvedev concluded. On October 8, Ukrainian law enforcement officials announced the head of the political council of the party «Opposition platform — for life» Viktor Medvedchuk, a new suspicion of treason and assistance to terrorism. According to the head of the SBU, in 2014 Medvedchuk organized the supply of coal from the territory of Donbas not controlled by Kiev in collusion with the top leadership of Ukraine. 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 presented by the prosecutors in the case, stating that the provided recordings of allegedly his conversations with representatives of the DPR and LPR were edited. from Zelensky to release Medvedchuk from house arrest
