Ukrainian opposition chief rejects Zelensky suggestion to flee prosecution & depart for Moscow, denying he’s Russian citizen

The chief of Ukraine’s largest opposition celebration, Viktor Medvedchuk, says he doesn’t have Russian citizenship and won’t depart the nation, regardless of going through a legal prosecution in Kiev on fees he has slammed as “political.”

On Monday, Medvedchuk, chief of the Opposition Platform – For Life celebration, turned down the provide from the nation’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, to commerce the politician, at the moment underneath home arrest, for “actual heroes and residents” being held overseas.

“I didn’t have and would not have every other citizenship, besides Ukrainian,” he blasted. “I’m a citizen of Ukraine and I might be one, regardless of the unlawful, legal strain that’s being exercised towards me by the authorities at this time. And I take into account fabrication of legal circumstances solely as unlawful legal prosecution and political repression,” Medvedchuk wrote on his celebration’s web site.

“I’m assured in my innocence and can battle for the restoration of justice and the rule of legislation, in addition to for bringing to justice all those that are concerned within the legal group of politically motivated legal prosecution and bringing me unlawful fees,” he continued.

Zelensky mentioned on ICTV on Sunday that such an change can be potential if the Ukrainian politician was eligible for assist from the Kremlin, however no provides for a deal have been acquired from Moscow.

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“If, for instance, Russia confirmed that Mr. Medvedchuk has Russian citizenship, nicely, it’s fairly potential,” including that if Russia had been to substantiate, “or a minimum of trace,” Ukraine “would gladly… take into account the potential of exchanging Mr. Medvedchuk for actual heroes and residents of Ukraine.”

Final week, a Kiev courtroom extended the opposition chief’s home arrest, after new legal fees had been filed, accusing the politician of aiding ‘terrorism’ within the nation’s war-torn east. In response to the Ukrainian authorities, Medvedchuk conspired with Moscow to disrupt coal provides to Ukraine from South Africa in 2014 and created obstacles to the conclusion of the South African contract “utilizing the powers of the Nationwide Financial institution and legislation enforcement businesses.” He then allegedly facilitated coal provides from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk Folks’s Republics. Each of those areas are at the moment at battle with Kiev. Due to this, he’s accused of “treason” and “aiding terrorism.”

In Medvedchuk’s newest assertion, the parliamentarian insisted that he would sustain the battle in Ukraine to attempt to clear his identify from allegations made towards him. “I’ll proceed my political wrestle, defending the ideological rules of our celebration’s program Opposition Platform – For Life,” he mentioned, “regardless of the unlawful and legal actions that the authorities train. And will probably be a wrestle to the bitter finish, which I’ll wage in accordance with my essential life precept: do what you need to, and what might be, might be.”

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