Viktor Medvedchuk. File photoMOSCOW, June 2The case on charges of treason against opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk has been sent to court, the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine reported. political party «Opposition Platform — For Life» of Viktor Medvedchuk in committing criminal offenses under Article 111 «high treason» and Article 438 «violation of the laws and customs of war,» the State Bureau of Investigation said on its Telegram channel. In April, the SBU announced the detention of the head of the political council of the Opposition Platform — For Life party, Medvedchuk, on behalf of Volodymyr Zelensky. SBU, Medvedchuk in 2014 organized the supply of coal from the territory of Donbass 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. Medvedchuk himself stated that he considers the criminal cases opened against him to be political persecution.
