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Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk, also known as Viktor Vladimirovich Medvedchuk, is a former Ukrainian lawyer, business oligarch, and politician who has lived in exile in Russia since September 2022 after being handed over to Russia in a prisoner exchange. Medvedchuk is a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian politician and a personal friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Born 7 August 1954 · Q1859524
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I completely agree with a comrade prosecutor in determining the sentence. But, for reasons incomprehensible to me, comrade prosecutor forgot that the defendant had not yet left one year and nine months from the previous term. I consider it necessary to add this period to the new punishment.
“I completely agree with a comrade prosecutor in determining the sentence. But, for reasons incomprehensible to me, comrade prosecutor forgot that the defendant had not yet left one year and nine months from the previous term. I consider it necessary to add this period to the new punishment.”
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Prosecutors in the United Kingdom identified Medvedchuk as the mastermind behind Oleh Voloshyn's alleged efforts to bribe members of the European Parliament into spreading pro-Russian propaganda
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Zelenskyy said that he received an ultimatum from Putin in the early days of the invasion demanding that he step down as president in favor of Medvedchuk
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eng.belta: Medvedchuk: Those responsible for Odessa tragedy are known and must be punished
Yahoo: Former pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk and his wife still own properties in Ukraine
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: More Assets Under Name Of Wife Of Pro-Russian Politician Medvedchuk Frozen In Ukraine
Claimed: ““Ukraine … remained the most faithful to the pro-American course, which ultimately made it the poorest country in Europe.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Former president Petro Poroshenko was named as a co-suspect in the criminal case against Medvedchuk
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Reported net worth: $620M (as of 2021).
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Career landmark: People's Deputy of Ukraine (2019–2023).
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“help the interests of (Ukraine).”
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“but de facto, unfortunately, it belongs to Russia.”
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“The absence of the translation of the text of the [EU] Association Agreement, the provision of excessive asymmetric privileges to European manufacturers – all this indicates that the EU was preparing to turn the Ukrainian economy into its raw material appendage”
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“Hope that a compromise will be found has appeared and we”
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Began publicly attacking the European Union, at one point comparing it to the Nazi Third Reich
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The Ukrainian magazine Focus estimated Medvedchuk's wealth at $460 million
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To be worth $460 million and labeled him the 57th richest man of Ukraine
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Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross presented by Rudolf Schuster (2004).
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Putin became godfather to Medvedchuk's youngest daughter Darya
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While Head of Administration for the Ukrainian president
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During Medvedchuk's tenure as Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration
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Career landmark: People's Deputy of Ukraine (2002–2002).
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Career landmark: Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine (2002–2005).
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Was elected Second Deputy Chairman in July 1998
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Career landmark: People's Deputy of Ukraine (1998–2002).
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Career landmark: People's Deputy of Ukraine (1997–1998).
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By winning a by-election in the 171st District (in the Zakarpattia Oblast)
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Medvedchuk became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
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Was a lawyer at the trial of poet Mikola Kuntsevich
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Medvedchuk was appointed as a defence lawyer in the trial of dissident poet Vasyl Stus
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Medvedchuk was the lawyer for repressed poet Yuriy Lytvyn
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Medvedchuk became a member of the Shevchenkivska Legal Consultation of the Kyiv City Collegiate of Attorneys
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Medvedchuk appealed the verdict against Lytvyn issued by the Vasylkiv court and referred to the incompleteness of the investigation carried out in the case to request the Kyiv Regional Court to annul the verdict and send
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Medvedchuk graduated from high school in Borova, Fastiv Raion (Kyiv Oblast)
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Born 1954-08-07.
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