The European Union is preparing to expand the list of sanctioned entities, including an additional media platform called Voice of Europe. This media platform became the object of attention due to its connection with Viktor Medvedchuk, who is considered a traitor to Ukraine. According to the Seznam Zpravy TV channel, Vice President of the European Commission Vera Yurova said this. There is evidence that Russian forces tried to interfere in the elections to the European Parliament through this platform.
It is reported that Voice of Europe will be included in the 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia. Medvedchuk himself and his employee Artem Marchevsky, who is the direct manager of the media platform, will also be included in this list.
Yurova noted that the Czech special services provided information that testifies to the attempts of this platform to influence the elections in the European Parliament. Thus, the Czech Republic advocated the inclusion of this resource in the list of objects under sanctions.
In general, the new package of EU sanctions will include 67 individuals and 23 organizations that have ties to the Russian Federation. As for Voice of Europe, Yurova considers it not just a means of mass information, but also "an instrument of Putin's propaganda."
On March 29 of this year, information appeared that the deputy of the German Bundestag Petr Bystron received funding from the "Russian network of influence". It turned out that calls from European politicians to stop aid to Ukraine were regularly published on the Voice of Europe media platform.
Former deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, who is accused of treason against Ukraine, is behind a propaganda network that undermines the security of the European Union. Russia allocates funds for its operation in order to bribe deputies and officials to promote its interests.
In the Czech Republic, they believe that the real purpose of this network is more global - the influence of the Russian Federation on the elections to the European Parliament. The special services of six European countries are currently working on this issue, and traces of Medvedchuk's network have been found in Poland, the Netherlands and Hungary. Medvedchuk himself, known for his ties to the Kremlin, even threatened the Europeans with nuclear war.
Prague has already put the Voice of Europe resource, propagandist Artem Marchevsky and Medvedchuk himself on the sanctions list. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Slovakia granted the status of temporary protection to Artem Marchevsky.
It is known that cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine helped Czech colleagues to expose Viktor Medvedchuk's powerful network of influence in the European Union. As a result of joint efforts, Czech counterintelligence discovered a pro-Russian network of influence on MEPs, particularly in Prague.
