Ukraine’s Supreme Court handles multiple cases involving Kremlin-linked Medvedchuk

Several cases involving former People’s Deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, who has ties to the Kremlin, are pending in the Supreme Court, but no rulings have been issued so far.

This was stated by Head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Stanislav Kravchenko in an interview with Ukrinform, commenting on reports that Medvedchuk had allegedly filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court seeking to restore his citizenship, parliamentary mandate, and to annul the sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

“As far as I know, regarding the person you mentioned (Medvedchuk — ed.), we have several cases – if I am not mistaken, about six,” Kravchenko said. He added that no decisions have yet been made in any of these cases.

Kravchenko noted that he does not analyze individual proceedings because the Supreme Court handles a very large number of cases. “There are 93,000 cases in the Supreme Court alone – I do not analyze them. And the Medvedchuk case definitely falls into that category as well,” emphasized the Head of the Supreme Court.

According to Kravchenko, he often learns about individual high-profile cases from the media.

“By surnames, I often find out about certain matters from the media – depending on how much public interest there is. And even then, it can be a reason for me to look into the matter more closely,” he explained.

At the same time, Kravchenko stressed that there is no practice in the court of informing the Head of the Supreme Court about specific cases. “It is not customary for the Head of the Supreme Court to be briefed or reported on which cases have been filed and which need to be considered. This does not exist. That would not be democracy,” he added.

As Ukrinform reported, as of July 2024, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General, Medvedchuk was listed as a suspect in three criminal proceedings: state treason, an attempt to plunder national resources in Crimea, and a case related to the Samara–Western Direction oil pipeline.

On February 12, 2025, President Volodymyr Zelensky enacted the decision of the NSDC to impose personal sanctions on a number of individuals, including Medvedchuk. The sanctions include, among other measures, deprivation of state awards of Ukraine and other forms of recognition; blocking of assets; restrictions on trade operations; limitations, partial or complete suspension of resource transit, flights, and transport through Ukraine; and prevention of capital outflows abroad.

In August 2025, Medvedchuk and 12 members of an organized group suspected of working for the military-political leadership of Russia were charged with conducting subversive activities in the information sphere.

The full version of the interview will be published soon on the agency’s website.