Ukrainian authorities have recaptured Putin ally Viktor Medvedchuk months after he escaped home arrest within the early days of the Russian invasion.
Medvedchuk — who claims that the Russian president is the godfather to his daughter — was positioned beneath home arrest in Ukraine on treason prices final yr. He escaped in February.
After his seize by safety providers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a photograph of Medvedchuk in handcuffs and Ukrainian navy fatigues on his Telegram channel Tuesday, implying that he’d been recaptured.
“A particular operation was carried out due to the [Ukrainian Security Service]. Properly carried out!” Zelensky wrote. “Particulars later. Glory to Ukraine!”
He stands accused of financing pro-Kremlin separatists within the Donbas area and looting nationwide sources in Crimea after the Russian annexation in 2014, in line with Ukrainian outlet Hromadske.
Medvedchuk is the chief of Ukraine’s political celebration Opposition Platform – For Life. The motion is seen by critics as the biggest pro-Russian political celebration in Ukraine.
The Washington Submit reported in February that the celebration was seen as a doable pool of politicians to kind a Kremlin-friendly puppet authorities if Russia’s invasion of Ukraine succeeded.
Medvedchuck has identified Putin for greater than 20 years, visiting him in his Sochi dacha on a number of events, the paper reported.
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