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British tabloid Sunday Express, referring to an unnamed source, writes that the Ukrainian authorities allegedly do not mind exchanging the arrested politician Viktor Medvedchuk for British citizens sentenced to death in the DLR.
to the death penalty on charges of violent takeover. This article of the DPR Penal Code provides for execution.
According to a source, SE allows Kyiv to exchange Medvedchuk for British subjects. According to a spokesman for the publication – the newspaper writes that it is a “source from Kiev” – the Ukrainian authorities “understand their obligation to the UK”.
In May fighters from the Mariupol plant “Azovstal”. However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the end of the month that the Russian Federation did not see the possibility of such an exchange. According to Peskov, Medveduk is a citizen of Ukraine and has nothing to do with Russia and military personnel.