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cold snap swept Europe. The decision is a crowd pleaser at a time when Zelenskiy has seen his popularity decay steadily and the number of Ukrainians that believe the country is going in the “wrong direction” steadily climb back to over the 70% mark.
2.4​ ​Ukraine’s pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk sanctioned for financing terrorism
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has imposed sanctions against the Ukrainian MP and leader of the pro-Russian political party “Opposition Platform for Life”, Viktor Medvedchuk.
Medvedchuk has been an eminence gris in Ukrainian politics for decades and is a former head of the presidential administration under Ukraine’s second president Leonid Kuchma. He is also a personal friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is godfather to this daughter. And he reportedly has significant business interests in Russia.
He has now been sanctions as part of an attack on the pro-Russian opposition that has seen it popularity rise in recent polls as that of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy​ ​sinks​, although the comedian turned politician remains the most popular politician in he country.
In an effort to shore up his ratings and to hobble this political rivals, the government has recently launched an attack on media assets associated with Medvedchuk but​ c​ losing down three leading TV stations via sanctions​.
Ukraine’s pro-Russian parties launched an​ ​impeachment process against
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