On Wednesday, May 12, Viktor Medvedchuk, an MP from the Opposition Platform – For Life party and Russia's ally, visited the Prosecutor General's Office to get acquainted with the notice declaring him a suspect in the case of treason.
According to Viktor Medvedchuk, he was not handed the suspicion notice.
After leaving the Prosecutor General's Office, Medvedchuk said to the press that he talked to the investigator, got acquainted with the copy of the officiall suspicion of treason against him, but he was not handed over an original document as he should have per the Ukrainian law.
Medvedchuk was told that the original suspicion nitice had been sent to his home address as well as to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the day before. However, according to the politician, he has not received the document yet.
"Of course, we will get acquainted with the copy of the suspicion notice. Lawyers will come to defend [me] professionally," he added.
Medvedchuk described the announcement of the suspicion notice and searches of his house as "political repression and illegal criminal prosecution". According to Medvedchuk, on May 11, he was vacationing with his family in a neighboring region and decided to return to Kyiv when he learned of the searches and the suspicion notice.
"I'm not going to hide. I'm ready to defend myself because I don't feel guilty about anything," he said.
It's worth noting that on May 11, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova signed suspicion notices for MPs Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak. They are suspected of treason and attempted embezzlement of national resources in Crimea.