On the 21st local time, Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war. Ukrainian Presidential Office Director Yermak said that during the prisoner-of-war exchange, Ukrainian opposition leader Medvedecuk had been handed over to Russia. He said that Ukraine used Medvechuk to exchange 200 Ukrainian captured personnel and 55 Russian soldiers to exchange 5 Ukrainian commanders who were captured in the Battle of Azov Steel Plant.
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"Urban seized assets of Medvedchuk, " Putin ally" including 55 properties and a yacht"
On April 14, local time, the Ukrainian National Investigation Bureau issued a statement saying that the Ukrainian authorities seized 154 assets of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk and his wife on the 13th, including 55 properties, 26 cars and a yacht. Shortly after Russia launched a "special military operation" against Ukraine, Medveduck escaped from house arrest and was allegedly arrested by Ukraine on April 12.
On October 6, 2020, local time, in Moscow, Russia, Ukrainian opposition leader Medveducchuk talked with Russian President Putin. People's Vision Data Picture
According to the " Washington Post " report on April 14, the 154 properties seized by the Ukrainian government from Medvedecuk and his wife include 30 pieces of land, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 26 cars and a yacht.
In addition, shares in the statutory capital of 25 companies were also seized, and their beneficiaries were Medvedchuck or his wife. The Ukrainian National Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that it would continue to "prosecute traitors as required by law and confiscate their property", but did not provide further details about Medveduc's seized property.
Ukrainian media reported on the 11th that a yacht called "Royal Romance" that Medvedchuk was seized is being handed over to a Ukrainian government agency responsible for recovering the assets seized. The yacht is worth US$200 million (about RMB 1.274 billion), about 300 feet (91 meters) long, and is currently docked in the port of Rijeka in , Croatia, .
The Washington Post said that Medveduck is one of the wealthiest people in Ukraine, 67 years old, with a net worth of US$620 million in 2021. He is also the chairman of the Political Committee of Ukraine's largest opposition party, "Opposition Platform - For Life". He is believed to have close ties to Russian President Putin, who revealed in 2019 that he is the godfather of Medvedchuck's daughter.
Ukrainian officials said Medveduk had controlled three TV channels, but those channels were blocked last year because the Zelensky government called them "one of the tools of war against Ukraine" and funded by Russia.
In May 2021, Ukrainian authorities accused Medvedchuk of suspected treason, and then placed him under house arrest and frozen part of his assets. After Russia launched a "special military operation" against Ukraine, Medvechuk escaped house arrest from a mansion in a high-end hot spring town near Kiev on February 28. The outside world discovered that a gorgeous replica of a 19th-century railway dining car was installed at the site, which was equipped with a gilded toilet and bidet hose.
On April 12th local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky posted on social media that the Ukrainian National Security Agency arrested Medveduck through a special operation. Medvichuk was accused of being involved in the plan to "Russia establishes a puppet government in Ukraine", but he denied all criminal charges and described the allegations that Ukraine has officially targeted him as "political repression."
On April 13, Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation Security Conference Medvedev rejected Zelensky's proposal to exchange Medvedev for captured Ukrainian personnel. On the same day, Russian President's Press Secretary Peskov said that the arrested Ukrainian opposition leader Medveducchuk had no behind-the-scenes relationship with Russia.
(Original title: Ukraine exchanges opposition leader Medvedecuk for 200 prisoners of war)
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