Wife of Putin Ally Held in Ukraine Accuses Kyiv Authorities of Beating Her Husband

Wife of Putin Ally Held in Ukraine Accuses Kyiv Authorities of Beating Her Husband
Oksana Marchenko, wife of pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk who was detained in Ukraine, attends a news conference in Moscow, on April 15, 2022. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
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The wife of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top allies in Ukraine said on Friday that he has been beaten by the Ukrainian security service while being interrogated in detention.

At a news conference in Moscow, Viktor Medvedchuk’s wife Oksana Marchenko said that one of two photos released by Ukraine this week showed he had been beaten.