Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian politician who is close to the Russian president, was handed over to Moscow in September as part of a prisoner swap while awaiting trial on treason charges.
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Viktor Medvedchuk, a Putin Ally, Is Released in Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap
The Ukrainian politician and oligarch had acted as the Kremlin’s primary agent of influence in Ukraine for years.
Captured Ukrainian Oligarch Was Figure in Russian Election Meddling Investigation
Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian politician close to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, was also a client of Paul Manafort, the Republican political consultant and Trump campaign chairman.
Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
In a highly unusual public statement, backed by U.S. officials, London named the putative head of a potential puppet government but few other details.
FBI Raids Homes Linked to Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska
Agents investigating whether Oleg Deripaska violated U.S. sanctions searched homes he has used in New York and Washington, D.C.
Biden Administration Says Russian Intelligence Obtained Trump Campaign Data
A Treasury Department document shed more light on links between the campaign and Russian spies.
Skadden Said to Have Paid $11 Million to Settle Ukraine Dispute
The law firm paid a former Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, and an associate to avert a suit over its role in a report justifying her imprisonment by a political rival.
‘The New Berlin Wall’: Why Ukraine Is Central to the Scandal
Caught between East and West, it is a place that attracts adventurers and carpetbaggers, who return home with “legacies, memories and skeletons for their closets.”
Praise for the Mueller Report, From an Unlikely Source: Oleg Deripaska
Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian billionaire, did not cooperate with the special counsel investigation but praised its results.
Political Handlers With Trump Ties Take Their Election Playbooks to Africa
American campaign consultants, including one mentored by Paul Manafort, are increasingly being hired by African candidates to help them win at the polls in still fragile democracies.