Viktor Medvedchuk: Difference between revisions

On 16 January 2023 Medvedchuk published an article in the Russian newspaper ''[[Izvestia]]'' in which he blamed "the collective West" for creating the conditions that lead to what he labelled the "Ukrainian conflict," and advocated for taking Russian interests into account.<ref name="Medvedchuk7385021">{{Cite web |title=Medvedchuk writes article about Ukraine, threatening that war will spread to other European countries|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/01/16/7385021/|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]|access-date=2023-01-16|date=2023-01-16 |language=English}}</ref><ref name="Medvedchuk1454275"/> In the article, Medvedchuk did not mention, nor condemn, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref name="Medvedchuk1454275">{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian syndrome. Anatomy of the modern military confrontation|url=https://iz.ru/1454275/viktor-medvedchuk/ukrainskii-sindrom-anatomiia-sovremennogo-voennogo-protivostoianiia|website=[[Izvestia]]|access-date=2023-01-16|date=2022-01-16 |language=russian}}</ref><ref name="Medvedchuk7385021"/> Reporting about this [[opinion piece]], Russia's ''[[TASS news agency|TASS]]'' news agency stated that this was "his first article for the Russian media after arriving in Russia from Ukraine as a result of a detainee exchange."<ref name="1562797Medvedchuk">{{Cite web |title=Medvedchuk publishes first article in Russian daily on situation in Ukraine after swap|url=https://tass.com/politics/1562797|access-date=2023-01-16|website=[[TASS news agency]]|date=2023-01-16|language=English}}</ref>

 

 

In March 2024, the Czech Republic accused Medvedchuk of financing a pro-Russia propaganda network that paid European politicians in cash or [[cryptocurrency]] in an attempt to influence elections.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-28 |title=Russian network that 'paid European politicians' busted, authorities claim |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68685604 |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>