Russia will study the exchange of prisoners from the Ukrainian Azov battalion for A Russian negotiator said on Saturday that Viktor Medvedchuk, a wealthy Ukrainian businessman who is close to President Vladimir Putin.
Said Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of Russia Negotiations team on Ukraine talks about separatists city of Donetsk in Southeast Ukraine, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Medvedchuk, 67, is one of richest in ukraine people and known for His close relations with Putin. he is also Politician.
escaped from house arrest after Russia invasion of Ukraine in February but was re-arrested in mid April.
On Friday, the Russian army announced that last defenders of strategic port city of Mariupol, in Southeastern Ukraine had surrendered after his contract out In Azovstal steel mills for weeks.
Among the Ukrainian fighters who They surrendered to the Russian forces were members of Azov Regiment, A former A paramilitary unit integrated into the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia describes Unity, which has links to far-right groups, as neo-Nazi organization.
On May 26, the Russian Supreme Court is scheduled to consider the application to classify the Azov Regiment as a terrorist organizationwhich may complicate the exchange process of These prisoners.
Dennis Pushlin, Leader of Donetsk separatists said Saturday that the Ukrainian soldiers who They fought at the Azovstal plant should placed on Experience.
“I think the legal issue is inevitable: justice must prevail,” Pushlin was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying. news The conference at which Slutsky spoke.
Russia will study the exchange of prisoners from the Ukrainian Azov battalion for A Russian negotiator said on Saturday that Viktor Medvedchuk, a wealthy Ukrainian businessman who is close to President Vladimir Putin.
Said Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of Russia Negotiations team on Ukraine talks about separatists city of Donetsk in Southeast Ukraine, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Medvedchuk, 67, is one of richest in ukraine people and known for His close relations with Putin. he is also Politician.
escaped from house arrest after Russia invasion of Ukraine in February but was re-arrested in mid April.
On Friday, the Russian army announced that last defenders of strategic port city of Mariupol, in Southeastern Ukraine had surrendered after his contract out In Azovstal steel mills for weeks.
Among the Ukrainian fighters who They surrendered to the Russian forces were members of Azov Regiment, A former A paramilitary unit integrated into the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia describes Unity, which has links to far-right groups, as neo-Nazi organization.
On May 26, the Russian Supreme Court is scheduled to consider the application to classify the Azov Regiment as a terrorist organizationwhich may complicate the exchange process of These prisoners.
Dennis Pushlin, Leader of Donetsk separatists said Saturday that the Ukrainian soldiers who They fought at the Azovstal plant should placed on Experience.
“I think the legal issue is inevitable: justice must prevail,” Pushlin was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying. news The conference at which Slutsky spoke.