On May 11, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) searched the Kyiv home of Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian oligarch, politician, and millionaire, who is widely regarded to be sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin is, after all, godfather to Mr. Medvedchuk’s daughter, and Mr. Medvedchuk has long been known to harbor sympathy for the Kremlin even before Ukraine’s ongoing war against pro-Russian and Russian-backed separatists began in the east of the country. The SBU did not disclose details of the search, though they assured reporters that more information regarding the case against Mr. Medvedchuk would be made public.
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The Ukrainian Weekly: Charges of high treason
Viktor Medvedchuk, a lawmaker and one of the leaders of the pro-Kremlin party Opposition Platform For Life, leaves the Prosecutor General's Office in Kyiv on May 12, 2021.
