Medvedchuk's wife asked the prince of Saudi Arabia to help exchange her husband for two Britons

Marchenko's corresponding appeal was published on YouTube.

“Your Royal Highness, your country and you personally have a historically close relationship with the UK and you have the ability to influence decisions made in London.

You could use these connections and ask (British Prime Minister. -

) Boris Johnson to influence President (Ukraine Vladimir) Zelensky to help exchange my husband for British subjects who were captured by Russian troops and DPR forces, ”- she said.

Earlier, Marchenko published a video message to the relatives of two captured British mercenaries with a call to ask the British Prime Minister to influence Kyiv and exchange them for Medvedchuk.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Marchenko's proposal.