The YouTube channel of Viktor Medvedchuk, the co-chair of Ukraine’s main opposition party, has been suspended just as the country holds crucial municipal elections.
Medvedchuk is a controversial figure in Ukraine, going defiantly against the anti-Russian line to which most other political forces adhere. For example, earlier this month he called on Kiev to purchase the Russian-developed vaccine against Covid-19, which he claimed he had tested on himself.
The suspension of Medvedchuk’s YouTube channel came out of the blue with no explanation from the video service, which now labels it with a generic message that it had violated terms of service. His party, Opposition platform – For Life, called it an act of political retaliation by the US government for his Russia-friendly, West-skeptical position. It didn’t explain why they believe Washington was behind the move.
Before being banned, the channel had more than 70,000 subscribers, with some videos scoring over a million views. The party bragged that its co-chair was more popular on YouTube than other major Ukrainian politician, including President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The ban was reported on Saturday, a day before Ukraine holds municipal elections throughout the country. Zelensky’s Servant of the People party is fighting an uphill battle to produce a result even remotely comparable to the landslide victory it won last year.
During the July 2019 general election, the president’s party secured a huge majority in the 450-seat Ukrainian parliament, taking 254 seats. Medvedchuk’s party came a distant second with 43 seats. Recent opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s vote suggest that the Servant of the People party could end up behind both the pro-Russian politician’s grouping, and that of his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko.
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Wrong headline by RT. It should read, “Youtube bans anti Ukrainian, Russian scumbag and Putler puppet.”
Nicely done, YouTube! 👍
Should have been done years ago.
70,000 subscribers and some videos scoring over a million views?
The trolls in St. Pete’s bullshit factory must have been allowed a lunch break that week, but told they still had to watch shite on youtube.
YOU TUBE DOES MORE THAN ZENNY AGAINST MEDVEDCHUK.
“The YouTube channel of Viktor Medvedchuk, the co-chair of Ukraine’s main opposition party, has been suspended just as the country holds crucial municipal elections.”
Very good, YouTube!
“The party bragged that its co-chair was more popular on YouTube than other major Ukrainian politician, including President Volodymyr Zelensky.”
Of course, and then they woke up.
That with Zelensky could be true, though.
Maybe Zelensky will catch on? Not much difference from what’s spewed from 112 and ZIK sometimes.
Google, who owns You Tube, is still obsessed with the Russia hoax from 2016. They’re killing pro-truth channels, particularly where the facts favor Republicans. Trump was never involved with Russia or Putin, but the fringe left which dominates the Democrat Party, can’t get past their own propaganda.