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Canonical ID: Q1859524 · Entity type: Person (reference)
| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person:notes | Function: Politician, Businessman, de facto media owner | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-74558 | ||||
Person:notes | Viktor Medvedchuk is a former Ukrainian politician and businessperson, who has been the leading proponent of a pro-Russian policy in Ukraine and who has promoted policies and actions intended to erode the credibility and legitimacy of the Government of Ukraine. Viktor Medvedchuk has close personal ties to and is associated with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Through his associates, including Artem Marchevskyi, Viktor Medvedchuk controlled Ukrainian media outlets and used them to disseminate pro-Russian propaganda in Ukraine and beyond. After the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk spread Russian propaganda narratives about the war, undermining Ukrainian sovereignty. To that end, Viktor Medvedchuk founded in April 2023 in Russia a political movement called “Another Ukraine”. With his associates and associated entities, including Marchevskyi and the Voice of Europe media channel, Viktor Medvedchuk has continued funding and carrying out influence operations targeting political parties and individual politicians in Europe. Those activities have included providing financial resources to individual political actors in Europe. Viktor Medvedchuk has directed and maintained control over the malign activities of Marchevskyi and Voice of Europe, using Marchevskyi’s de facto direction of Voice of Europe. Therefore, Viktor Medvedchuk is supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-74558 | ||||