# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-medvedchuk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:33.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-medvedchuk"
name: "Viktor Medvedchuk"
slug: "viktor-medvedchuk"
description: "Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk, also known as Viktor Vladimirovich Medvedchuk, is a former Ukrainian lawyer, business oligarch, and politician who has lived in exile in Russia since September 2022 after being handed over to Russia in a prisoner exchange. Medvedchuk is a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian politician and a personal friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin."
tagline: "Pro-Russian politician in Ukraine, deprived lawyer and businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Medvedchuk_in_Duma.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump