Major General Security services of Ukraine believes that the people’s deputy from “Opposition Platform – For Life” Viktor Medvedchuk could have been deprived of his political career. To do this, he should have been convicted of lesser crimes that are easy to prove.
Vasily Vovk, who is also an expert on state security issues, expressed this opinion on the air of the program. “The right to power” may 13. He also criticized the suspicions that were announced to the politician. (to watch the video, scroll the page to the end).
The Major General cited the example of the American gangster Al-Capone, who, for lack of evidence of his involvement in banditry, was sentenced for tax evasion. Vovk believes that Medvedchuk could be convicted of illegal deforestation or illegal fishing.
“Give two years probation and that’s it, he is a convicted person who has been deprived of his deputy mandate and his political career is over,” Vovk explained.
He also suggested that the suspicion of Medvedchuk was hastily prepared, or that the law enforcement agencies expected that he would leave the country and that it would be possible to conduct an absentee process.
“I don’t want to make predictions or influence the court in any way, but I’ll tell you one thing: I am putting on the line a PhD in Law, the title of Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, 25 years of investigative experience, that suspicions do not translate into a conviction by the court”, – said Vovk.
As reported OBOZREVATEL, On May 13, the court sent Medvedchuk under round-the-clock house arrest on suspicion of treason and attempted plunder of state resources in the occupied territory (Part 1 of Article 111, Part 3 of Article 15 and Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
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