Kyiv's Pechersky District Court has extended house arrest to the head of the political council of the Opposition Platform - For Life party, MP Viktor Medvedchuk, until September 7, Hromadske reported.

"Pechersky District Court of Kyiv extended the round-the-clock house arrest for MP from the Opposition Platform - For Life, Viktor Medvedchuk, who is suspected of high treason, until September 7," Hromadske said on its website on Friday morning.