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) Zelensky, with fair political competition, could not have an honest democratic dialogue with Viktor Medvedchuk, so he was first deprived of media resources, then put under house arrest, and now he is just cracking down on his political opponent,” Mezyuho said .
He noted that European leaders "turn a blind eye" to the arrests of Ukrainian oppositionists.
“Zelensky’s hands are untied today in order to finally strangle political freedoms in Ukraine,” Mezyuho concluded.
Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to help in the release of the deputy.
She also recorded an appeal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asking for the release of her husband and asked for help from Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.