Viktor Medvedchuk is a former lawyer of Ukrainian origin, who was part of his country’s politics between 1997 and 2005, holding various roles such as deputy and head of the President’s Secretariat. Later, in 2012 he founded the pro-Russian movement called ‘The Ukrainian Opposition’.
In 2012 he founded the pro-Russian movement called ‘The Ukrainian Opposition’, a few years later, in May 2021, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine accused Medvedchuk of treason and attempted murder. The former lawyer was detained by the Ukrainian authorities in April 2022, when he was preparing to flee the country, finally in mid-2022. Viktor was taken to Russia in an exchange for a group of Ukrainian prisoners that Russia had under its control in the context of the conflict between both countries.
The Paris Declaration
Last Tuesday, January 6, the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, together with the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and the highest Ukrainian authority, met in the French capital where they signed the so-called Paris Declaration, which stipulates the deployment of multinational forces in Ukraine.
According to the Finnish media, , the president of , Alexander Stubb, summarizes this agreement through the following key points, and also maintains that the country he leads will participate in some way in it.
Security guarantees, according to Stubb include:
- A US-led ceasefire monitoring and recognition mechanism.
- Support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- A multinational Ukraine support force from the Coalition of the Will.
- Binding guarantees to support Ukraine if Russia attacks again.
- Commitment to long-term defense cooperation with Ukraine.
Medvedchuk speaks out on the matter
The same medium affirms, in , that the oligarch expresses his emphatic position regarding the Paris Declaration. “It will lead to even greater confrontation and real threats for the whole world, not just Europe”Express, Viktor.
“A large-scale political provocation aimed at preventing the end of the conflict at any cost and thus leading the world into a Third World War”he complements himself. Furthermore, the pro-Russian man classifies Volodymyr Zelensky as a person, “openly rude” and “intellectually limited.”
