Viktor Medvedchuk. File photoDONETSK, May 23. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Ivan Bakanov, said that the arrested opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk is cooperating with the investigation. the role of Poroshenko in both cases and indicates that the role of Poroshenko in these cases is one of the key ones,» he said on the air of the all-Ukrainian united marathon. 
They threw coal into treason. Will Zelensky imprison PoroshenkoAccording to Bakanov, Medvedchuk's testimony confirms the evidence and versions of the security forces, on the basis of which suspicion was previously handed over to both the politician himself and the ex-president of Ukraine Poroshenko.
"The investigation continues, work continues with the suspect Medvedchuk. Work will continue with other suspects. We are moving consistently, but the court should put an end to this case", the head of the SBU added.
Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine transmitted to Ukrainian TV channels a video of Medvedchuk's testimony, in which he claims that he illegally privatized the oil pipeline and organized coal trade with the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics on the direct instructions of Poroshenko, who provided support for the entire state apparatus in these actions.
Poroshenko's lawyer called the publication of Medvedchuk's testimony a PR campaign by the SBU. Medvedchuk was detained in April on behalf of Volodymyr Zelensky. On October 8, 2021, Ukrainian law enforcement officials announced another suspicion of treason and assistance to terrorism against Medvedchuk in Ukraine: the politician and his colleague in the Opposition Platform — For Life party Taras Kozak are suspected of treason and embezzlement of national resources in Crimea. Medvedchuk himself stated that he considers the criminal cases opened against him to be political persecution.