Viktor Medvedchuk

Member of the Parliament of Ukraine. Chairman of the pro-Russian political party ‘Opposition Platform - For Life’ since November 2018. Chairman of the Pro-Russian political organisation Ukrainian Choice, a group which has tried to undermine democratic processes in Ukraine. Has provided support to former President Yanukovych.

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.

Function: Politician, Businessman, de facto media owner

Politik a podnikatel, vůdčí představitel hnutí Jiná Ukrajina"

Viktor Medvedchuk est un ancien homme politique et homme d’affaires ukrainien, qui est le principal promoteur d’une politique pro-russe en Ukraine et qui a encouragé des politiques et des actions destinées à saper la crédibilité et la légitimité du gouvernement ukrainien. Viktor Medvedchuk entretient des liens personnels étroits avec le président de la Fédération de Russie, Vladimir Poutine, et lui est associé. Par l’intermédiaire de ses associés, parmi lesquels Artem Marchevskyi, Viktor Medvedchuk a contrôlé des médias ukrainiens, qu’il a utilisés pour diffuser de la propagande pro-russe en Ukraine et au-delà. Après le début de la guerre d’agression menée par la Russie contre l’Ukraine, Viktor Medvedchuk a diffusé des discours de propagande russe au sujet de la guerre, compromettant la souveraineté ukrainienne. À cette fin, Viktor Medvedchuk a fondé en avril 2023, en Russie, un mouvement politique appelé “Another Ukraine”. Avec ses associés et ses entités associées, dont Marchevskyi et le média Voice of Europe, Viktor Medvedchuk a continué de financer et de mener des opérations d’influence visant des partis et personnes politiques en Europe. Ces activités incluaient la fourniture de ressources financières à certains acteurs politiques en Europe. Viktor Medvedchuk a exercé et conserve un contrôle sur les activités malveillantes de Marchevskyi et de Voice of Europe, se servant de la direction de facto de Voice of Europe par Marchevskyi. Par conséquent, Viktor Medvedchuk soutient et met en œuvre des actions et des politiques qui compromettent et menacent l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine.

Transport sanctions: ships owned, controlled, chartered or operated by the individual are prohibited from entering a port in the UK; may be given a movement or a port entry direction, can be detained, and will be refused permission to register on the UK Ship Register or have its existing registration terminated. An aircraft owned, chartered or operated by the individual is prohibited from overflying or landing in the UK, may be given a movement direction, can be detained or moved to a specified airport, and will be refused permission to register on the CAA Aircraft Register or have its existing registration terminated. Prohibition of technical assistance relating to aircraft and ships: a prohibition on the provision of technical assistance relating to aircraft or ships will prevent a person from directly or indirectly providing technical assistance to, or for the benefit of, the designated person, where that technical assistance relates to an aircraft or ship. The transport sanctions were imposed on 17/07/2023.

Numéro d’identification fiscale: 1994214296

Close associate of Vladimir PUTIN

Pro-Russian politician in Ukraine, deprived lawyer and businessman