Exarddep Andriy Derkach, who fled from Ukraine, became a candidate for the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation

A year ago, Derkach was accused of treason. And President Zelensky deprived his citizenship of Ukraine. Former MP of Ukraine Andriy Derkach, who fled the country and was wanted, became one of the candidates for the Russian Federation Council from the Astrakhan region. About it reports Parlament. ua in 2019 he was elected People's Deputy 9 convocation to 159 districts, that is, in the Sumy region, as a non -party self -nominated.

The Russian TASS agency writes that the governor of the Astrakhan region in the event of a victory in the election of the head of the region offers to the council of officials, including former MP Andriy Derkach. In 2023, NABU and SAP were sent to the court of Derkach in treason and illegal enrichment. In particular, he had to discredit Ukraine in the international arena, worsen diplomatic relations with the United States and interfere with Ukraine's integration into the EU and NATO.

He was wanted on September 16, 2022. As the investigators managed, he received at least $ 567 thousand from Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies for subversive activities against Ukraine. In August 2021, the National Security and Defense Council introduced personal economic restrictive sanctions against People's Deputy Andriy Derkach. He was also imprisoned in the United States for attempting to influence Presidential election in 2020.