Russian President Vladimir Putin, who annexed the Ukrainian Crimea and launched a war in the Donbass, turned out to be a "good godfather".

This was assured by the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup at the Minsk talks and the leader of the movement "Ukrainian Choice" Viktor Medvedchuk.

"Putin sees himself with his goddaughter. He is a good Godfather who every year on May 20 congratulates his goddaughter on his birthday, "Medvedchuk said in an interview with the Austrian ORF channel, made public by the press service of the organization.

He stressed that he always meets with the head of state when he is in Russia.

"These meetings are primarily dictated by the interests of Ukraine, and this channel of communication can be used in the interests of Ukraine," Putin added..

As reported by the "Observer", on the weekend the Ukrainian segment of Facebook was agitated by the news that Medvedchuk's wife, well-known TV presenter Oksana Marchenko, and Ukrainian boxer Vladimir Klichko became godparents of the daughter of ex-regional Nestor Shufrych.

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