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UKRAINIAN COURT ARRESTS 154 OBJECTS OF PROPERTY OF VIKTOR MEDVEDCHUK AND OKSANA MARCHENKO

14 April , 2022  

The Lychakivsky District Court of Lviv, on the proposal of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the Office of the Prosecutor General, arrested 154 objects of movable and immovable property of People’s Deputy of Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk and his wife Oksana Marchenko.
“Among those arrested: 26 cars, 30 land plots, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 17 parking spaces and a motor yacht. Shares in authorized capital in 25 companies, the beneficial owner of which is Viktor Medvedchuk or his wife, were also arrested,” the press release said. RBI service on Facebook.
Earlier, the court had already arrested the yacht and part of Medvedchuk’s real estate.
As reported, on Tuesday evening, a photograph of Medvedchuk in military uniform and handcuffs appeared on the Telegram channel of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It was accompanied by the text “A special operation was carried out thanks to the SBU. Well done!”
Zelensky offered Russia to exchange Medvedchuk for Ukrainian citizens who are held captive by the Russian military.
The head of the SBU, Ivan Bakanov, said that the FSB planned to take Medveduk through Transnistria to Moscow. According to him, under the guise of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he was supposed to be taken to the border and transported by boat to the other side, where the FSB special forces evacuation group was already waiting for him, which, according to the plan, was supposed to deliver him to Moscow.
“This allowed operatives, SBU investigators to detain Medvedchuk on the road … near the border of the Kiev region or at the exit from the Kiev region. All this time, Medvedchuk was accompanied by Ukrainian law enforcement officers, who, in my opinion, will also be responsible for their actions,” Bakanov said.

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