Viktor Medvedchuk date of birth:
August 7, 1954
How old is Viktor Medvedchuk?
71
Where was Viktor Medvedchuk born?
Pochyot, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
What is Viktor Medvedchuk's ethnicity?
White
What is Viktor Medvedchuk nationality?
Ukrainian
What is Viktor Medvedchuk's occupation?
Politician and advocate
Short Biography
Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk (Ukrainian: Віктор Володимирович Медведчук) is a Ukrainian politician, lawyer, and business oligarch. Currently Medvedchuk is chairman of the pro-Russian political organization Ukrainian Choice and an opponent of Ukraine joining the European Union. Russian president Vladimir Putin is the godfather of Medvedchuk's daughter Darina (born in 2004). Medvedchuk and his party have marginal popular support in Ukraine.