The detained leader of the Opposition Platform for Life and the godfather of the Russian dictator Viktor Medvedchuk appealed to the Presidents of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The appeal is published by the press service of the SBU.

The detainee asks to be exchanged for the defenders and residents of Mariupol who are in the blocked city, who do not have a safe way out of the city through humanitarian corridors.

It is worth noting that today there are about 120 thousand civilians in the city and our defenders are soldiers of the Azov regiment and the 36th Marine Brigade..

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Recall, on April 12, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the detention of Vladimir Putin’s godfather and Viktor Medvedchuk, a deputy from the Opposition Platform for Life, by the SBU. Subsequently, in an appeal, the president offered Russia to exchange him for Ukrainian citizens in captivity..

Zelensky also announced the need to judge Medvedchuk "

The Ministry of Internal Affairs considers it optimal to exchange a politician for information on the financing of the " True, they are not sure whether Medvedchuk himself will want this exchange.. But after such a proposal, Moscow turned to threats to the Ukrainian authorities, calling the story with Putin's godfather a "

As for the exchange, the day after Medvedchuk's arrest, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled that he was not a Russian citizen.. According to him, Moscow does not know if Medvedchuk even wants Russia to interfere in deciding his fate..