Outreach to Putin, crackdown on Medvedchuk: a hard stretch for Zelenskyy

Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have detained Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the pro-Russia parliamentary opposition, to prosecute him on treason charges (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, May 13). President Volodymyr Zelens­kyy has publicly hailed (President.gov.ua, May 14) the move against this personal protégé of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin;