Peskov said he did not know about the whereabouts of Medvedchuk

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he did not know anything about the whereabouts of businessman and politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who was released as a result of an exchange with Ukraine.

“Each exchange is the result of very complex work, very painstaking work. In any case, one can only welcome the return of people from the dungeons of the Kyiv regime, especially our guys. I don’t know that the President spoke to him. I do not have such information,” Peskov said.

According to the Kremlin spokesman, he knows nothing about Medvedchuk’s whereabouts. He also refused to comment on the exchange of prisoners of war with the Ukrainian side. Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin the day before confirmed Medvedchuk exchange.

67-year-old Medvedchuk is the godfather of Vladimir Putin, since 2018 he headed the political council of the Ukrainian party Opposition Platform – For Life (OPPL, activity was suspended in March 2022 by the country’s authorities due to “ties” with Russia).

September 22 about the exchange of prisoners of war reported The Russian Defense Ministry, however, only reported the return of 55 soldiers. Prior to this, the head of the office of the Ukrainian president, Andriy Yermak, said that Kyiv had returned 215 people, including more than a hundred fighters and five commanders of the Azov battalion (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation). According to him, ten foreign mercenaries who are now in Saudi Arabia were also returned.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky the day before in his Telegram channel explained that the Azov commanders who had returned from captivity would remain in Turkey until the end of hostilities in Ukraine. He also clarified the data on the released mercenaries: these are five British citizens, two US citizens, as well as one citizen of Morocco, Sweden and Croatia.

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