nvestigators of the State Bureau of Investigation have completed a pre-trial investigation into criminal proceedings on suspicion of People’s Deputy of Ukraine from the political party Opposition Platform for Life Viktor Medvedchuk, who is suspected of treason and violation of the laws and customs of war, APA reports citing Perild.
Viktor Medvedchuk is accused of attempting to plunder national values - illegal oil and gas production on the Black Sea shelf in area of the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which, in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, are the property of the Ukrainian people.
In addition, according to the investigation, the people’s deputy provided the Russian leadership with assistance in carrying out subversive activities against Ukraine. He collected information about the places of deployment of military formations of Ukraine, conducting combat training, attracted citizens of Ukraine to events to destabilize the socio-political situation.
The accused faces a penalty of imprisonment for up to fifteen years with or without confiscation of property.