Shmyhal on Medvedchuk’s trip to Crimea
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the stay in Russian-occupied Crimea by the head of the political council of the Opposition Platform – For Life party, National Deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, is an “unacceptable step.” In an interview with Radio Liberty on August 10, Mr. Shmyhal said: “I have a negative attitude. This is a very unacceptable step on the part of a Ukrainian politician, whoever he may be, whoever he is. Therefore, I have a critical negative attitude to this.” Earlier in the week, Mr. Medvedchuk’s press secretary Oleh Babanin confirmed to a correspondent of the Krym.Realii project that he had gone to annexed Crimea. “Viktor Medvedchuk is on vacation as a member of Parliament and is resting with his family in Crimea,” he said. (Interfax-Ukraine)