Aleksey Karyakin
Chairman of the People’s Council of the Luhansk People's Republic
In office
18 May 2014 – 25 March 2016[1]
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byVladimir Degtyarenko
Personal details
Born (1980-04-07) 7 April 1980
Stakhanov (now Kadiivka), Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Aleksey Vyacheslavovych Karyakin (Russian: Алексе́й Вячесла́вович Каря́кин), born 7 April 1980 in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) is a former Chairman of the People's Council (parliament) of the unrecognized state of Luhansk People's Republic.[2] He was voted out on 25 March 2016.[1]

In media appeared information that Karyakin is imprisoned by Luhansk People's Republic.[3] Couple of days later, in interview to 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]

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

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Народный совет ЛНР отстранил от должности председателя Карякина". 25 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Назван глава Луганской народной республики".
  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.
  7. ↑ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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