Moscow finally commented on the request of the godfather of the President of the Russian Federation Viktor Medvedchuk to exchange him for civilians and military men, who are now in the blockade of Mariupol. True, this only confirmed the guess that this is not a priority issue for the Kremlin, if they are interested in it at all..

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By the way, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, called the possibility of an exchange doubtful even earlier, primarily because Moscow would not agree to release the Ukrainian defenders..

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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..