Putin insisted personally: Medvedchuk was sent from Turkey to Russia - Erdogan

We are strongly continuing the process," the Russian journalists quote Turkish President. For his part, the Turkish news agency "Anadol" led the quote of Erdogan, which may indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally acted for the issuance of Medvedchuk. "(Captive Ukrainian officers who are in Turkey) are our guests. One of them was the name on which Mr Putin insisted on. We sent him to Russia," Turkish leader said.

For his part, today the Presidential President Dmitry Peskov stated that he is unknown where Medvedchuk was, noting that he would not comment on the exchange with Ukraine. "You can only welcome the return of people from the torture of the Kiev regime, especially our boys," the Kremlin spokesman said. We will remind, on the evening of September 21 Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners, among them were defenders of the Mariupol plant "Azovstal".

The released commanders of the Azov special farm will be in Turkey under the protection of President Recep Erdogan. They will be able to return to Ukraine after the fighting. The Russian side, together with its controlled DNR "and" LNR ", received 56 people, including five - fighters of these two organizations, and another one - a deputy from the forbidden parties of the IPP in Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk.

Yesterday, DNR leader Denis Pushilin stated that Medvedchuk's exchange was important for him, as the politician at one time released more than a thousand fighters from captivity. Earlier, the deputy head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko explained that the Kremlin agreed to exchange Ukrainian fighters for Medvedchuk, as this politician is important for the Russian Federation.