Dmitry Peskov offered to first confirm that it was the real Viktor Medvedchuk, and clarified that Moscow has not yet confirmed.
Russian authorities do not trust information about the detention in Ukraine of a fugitive representative of the people from the Opposition Platform for Life, Viktor Medvedchuk. The spokesman of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov believes that these data still need to be “verified”, Interfax reported last night.
“I saw Medvedchuk. I have nothing to say to what extent this is true. It is wrong to say something without any confirmation,” Peskov said.
He complained about the “fakes” that allegedly now “originated in Ukraine.”
“Such a number of fakes are professionally or unprofessionally generated in Ukraine with the help of various assistants from international PR agencies, including that it is wrong to take it as fact for the first time,” said Peskov and added that “now everything needs to be checked”.
On the eve learned about the detention of Medvedchuk by the SBU. The Office of the President says the leader of the Opposition Platform for Life will be safer in prison than in Russia.
Also, President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the detention of Medvedchuk, calling him a “cosmonaut”. The head of state also offered to exchange the people’s representative for Ukrainian prisoners.
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Source: korrespondent
