Aleksey Karyakin

Aleksey Karyakin
Aleksey Karyakin
Алексей Карякин
	Karyakin in 2014
Chairman of the People's Council of the Luhansk People's Republic
	In office; 18 May 2014 – 25 March 2016
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Vladimir Degtyarenko
Personal details
Born	7 April 1980 (age 46); Stakhanov (now Kadiivka), Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Aleksey Vyacheslavovych Karyakin (Russian: Алексей Вячеславович Карякин; born 7 April 1980) is a former chairman of the People's Council (parliament) of the Luhansk People's Republic, a disputed and internationally unrecognized Russian republic on de jure Ukrainian territory.^[2] He was voted out on 25 March 2016.^[1]

A rumor that Karyakin was imprisoned in the LPR was reported on in the media,^[3] however, in an interview with Kommersant he denied those claims.^[4] He is suspected of attempted murder "of law enforcement officers and military personnel", "international damage to another's property" and "illegal purchase, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms and ammunition".^[5]

Early life

Karyakin was born in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in the Luhansk region of the Ukrainian SSR.^[2] After graduating from college with a degree in motor vehicle maintenance and repair, he had a small business.^[2]

On May 18, 2014 Karyakin was elected head of parliament of the unrecognized state of Luhansk People's Republic.^[6]^[3]

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.^[7]

References

1 2 "Народный совет ЛНР отстранил от должности председателя Карякина". 25 March 2016.
1 2 3 "Назван глава Луганской народной республики".
1 2 Ukrainian rebel leaders divided by bitter purge, The Washington Post (3 October 2016)
↑ Barabanov, I. "In Luhansk cleansing all who had relation to founding of the republic" («В Луганске чистят всех, кто имел отношение к становлению республики»). Kommersant. 5 October 2016
↑ "Плотницький оголосив у розшук колишнього голову "парламенту" Карякіна – новини Луганська".
↑ "Луганская Народная Республика получила конституцию, правительство и главу". 19 May 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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[ria.ru-1] 1 2 "Народный совет ЛНР отстранил от должности председателя Карякина". 25 March 2016.

[polit.ru-2] 1 2 3 "Назван глава Луганской народной республики".

[lprwp31016-3] 1 2 Ukrainian rebel leaders divided by bitter purge, The Washington Post (3 October 2016)

[4] Barabanov, I. "In Luhansk cleansing all who had relation to founding of the republic" («В Луганске чистят всех, кто имел отношение к становлению республики»). Kommersant. 5 October 2016

[5] "Плотницький оголосив у розшук колишнього голову "парламенту" Карякіна – новини Луганська".

[6] "Луганская Народная Республика получила конституцию, правительство и главу". 19 May 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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