Head of the political council of the Ukrainian party «Opposition Platform — For Life» Viktor Medvedchuk at the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, June 2 Opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk, accused of treason in Ukraine, faces up to 15 years in prison, the country's State Bureau of Investigation reported.
"Investigators of the State Bureau of Investigation completed a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on suspicion of a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the political party "Opposition Platform — For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk of committing criminal offenses under Article 111 ("Treason") and Article 438 ("Violation of the Laws and Customs of War")"’, the statement also says in the official Telegram channel.
According to the department, the indictment has been sent to court. In addition, Medvedchuk's property may be confiscated. In April, the SBU delayed politics on behalf of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Moscow is not considering the possibility of exchanging Medvedchuk, said the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry On October 8, 2021, Ukrainian law enforcement officers accused Medvedchuk of treason and promoting terrorism. According to the SBU, in 2014 he organized the supply of coal from the territory of Donbas not controlled by Kyiv in collusion with the top leadership of Ukraine. Another case has been opened against Medvedchuk in Ukraine, the politician and his colleague in political power Taras Kozak are suspected of treason and embezzlement of national resources in Crimea. Until March 10, he was supposed to be under house arrest, later the court allowed him to be taken into custody. Medvedchuk himself has repeatedly called the criminal cases opened against him political persecution. In addition, on May 23, the SBU published details of the interrogation of Medvedchuk, during which he called the ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko the initiator of the coal trade with the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and the curator of the privatization of the Samara — Western direction».
Kiva said that the SBU is destroying witnesses to Medvedchuk's abduction