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Viktor Medvedchuk, who was sanctioned in Ukraine by the Opposition Platform – For Life, is not the most important person for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Sergei Garmash, representative of the Ukrainian delegation to the TCG for resolving the situation in Donbass .
Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to take any action in defense of his godfather, who was sanctioned in Ukraine, the deputy of the Opposition Platform – For Life (Opposition Platform – For Life) Viktor Medvedchuk.
The representative of the Ukrainian delegation in the trilateral contact group for the resolution of the situation in Donbass, journalist Sergei Garmash, expressed this opinion to the Observer in an interview published on February 27.
“I think Putin can generally respond to the change in Ukrainian policy towards Donbass and towards Russia. As for the godfather, I think this is not the most important person for Putin. I don’t think there will be any action in defense.” from Medvedchuk, “he said.
The journalist believes that the Kremlin head “will react in some way” to the change in Ukrainian policy towards Russia.
“I think so far Russia has not decided exactly how. It still does not see a defined strategy of reaction to these events in Ukraine. But, as always, the Russians, when they do not understand what to do, they start fighting. And now we are witnessing this confrontation on the front lines. To some extent, this is a reaction to the fact that Ukraine did not live up to Russia’s expectations, the Russian leadership did not make commitments that were unfavorable for Ukraine. Therefore, Russia reacts in this way. You can say that the war continues, “Garmash explained.
February 19 National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine decided to impose sanctions against 19 legal entities and eight persons: five citizens of Russia (according to media reports, this family asset managers Medvedchuk) and three Ukrainians: Medvedchuk himself, his wife Oksana Marchenko and Natalia Lavrenyuk, whom the media She was called the de facto wife of the Popular Deputy of OLLO Taras Kozak. We decided to apply restrictions to these people based on an investigation by the Security Service of Ukraine in an article about terrorist financing.
The NSDC also issued instructions to return the Samara – Western Direction petroleum products pipeline to state ownership. The pipeline is operated by the Prykarpatzakhidtrans company. NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said it was not privatized, but “in an incomprehensible way” ended up in the private property of “two foreign registered owners, but affiliated with two citizens of Ukraine.”
“Economic truth”, LEAGUE.net and former people’s deputy Sergei Leshchenko wrote about the connection between Prykarpatzahidtrans and Medvedchuk… According to former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in 2015, by court decision, the pipeline passed into the hands of people who are personally related to Viktor Medvedchuk.
In Donbass, where Russia has continued its armed aggression against Ukraine since spring 2014, a ceasefire regime has been in place since summer 2020, which the militants constantly violate. In particular, February 26, 2021 nine Ukrainian soldiers were injured in bombardments near Vodyanoy, another was blown up by an unknown device, and a soldier was injured near Maryinka.
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