The preventive measure of the godfather of Russian President Viktor Medvedchuk, suspected of treason, will be changed. This was stated on the air of the telethon by the Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova.

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Venediktova also noted that the escape from arrest will not qualify additionally, but will be used by prosecutors solely to change the preventive measure..

She recalled that initially the prosecution demanded for Viktor Medvedchuk to be taken into custody with the possibility of making a bail of 1 billion. UAH. However, the court chose house arrest. Medvedchuk is a defendant in two criminal proceedings.

" In the first case, we have already completed the investigation, and there are very " At the beginning of May last year, we submitted a suspicion of treason, and just the 438th is a war crime. We are still investigating the second production, there we will see what results we have come to,"

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, during the appeal, the president offered Russia to exchange him for Ukrainian citizens who were held captive.. 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 agree to this exchange.. But after such a proposal, Moscow turned to threats to the Ukrainian authorities, calling the story with Putin's godfather a "