Viktor Medvedchuk, a longtime friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was at one time the leader of a pro-Russia party in Ukraine.
, served as the leader of Ukraine's Opposition Platform – For Life party, and was long considered the Kremlin's right-hand man in Ukraine.reported in April that the duo have regularly taken vacations together.
At left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listens as Representative Nancy Pelosi speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on December 21, 2022. At right, Ukrainian lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk attends a court hearing in Kyiv on May 13, 2021. Zelensky stripped Medvedchuk, a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, of his citizenship on Tuesday.
Other Ukrainian politicians who lost their citizenship include Andrii Derkach, who has been charged with treason for allegedly receiving funds from Russian intelligence agencies to create private security firms to aid Russia's capture of Ukraine, reported the Kyiv Independent on Tuesday.
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