Ukrainian forces captured Viktor Medvedchuk on Tuesday. When he escaped from house arrest in February, he was charged with treason. 154 of his assets were seized by Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday they seized assets belonging to a Ukrainian politician who was arrested earlier this week. After escaping house arrest in February, Medvedchuk was captured by the security services of Ukraine. The leader of a pro-Russian opposition party was charged with treason last year. The Ukrainian politician is a close ally of the Russian president. If Russian forces had taken Kyiv, Medvedchuk was thought to be Putin's top choice to replace Zelenskyy. The proposal the Kremlin declined was for Russia Medvedchuk in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners. The Washington Post reported that Ukrainian authorities seized 154 assets from Medvedchuk, including 23 houses, 32 apartments, 30 plots of land, 26 cars, and one yacht. Forbes Ukranian reported last year that Medvedchuk was one of the richest people in the country. Zelenskyy moved to freeze his assets after he said that the three Ukrainian TV stations he owned were spreading Russian propaganda. The $200 million dollar yacht belonging to Medvedchuk was seized by government officials after it docked in Croatia, according to Ukrainian media. The mansion where Medvedchuk was placed under house arrest after he escaped featured a gold-gilded toilet and a 19th-century railway dining car, according to Ukrainian activists. The original article is on Business Insider. Ukrainian authorities seized 154 assets, including 55 homes, 26 cars and a yacht, from a pro-Russian member of the parliament who was captured by the nation's forces on Tuesday. The assets were seized at the request of the State Bureau of Investigation. The most prominent representative of pro-Russian political groups in Ukraine and a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been found and arrested. A trained lawyer and wealthy businessman who served in political roles since the 1990s, Medvedchuk was placed under house arrest last year to face treason and terrorism financing charges. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposed swap Medvedchuk for prisoners of war being held by Russian forces. A man builds a trap to catch a thief. Zelenskyy offered Russia the chance to swap kidnapped Ukrainians for Medvedchuk, a pro-Russian politician with close personal ties to Putin. Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, said that Russia's warning was an empty threat given the presence of Russian nukes. Musk's bid for the social networking site sparked a lot of discussion about how the former president might get back on the platform, but he just said he has no interest in doing so. 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