The governor of Russia's Astrakhan region, Igor Babushkin, appointed former Ukrainian lawmaker Andrei Derkach, who is wanted in Ukraine on treason and corruption charges, to the Russian parliament's upper chamber last week, media reports said on September 16. The 57-year-old Derkach, who served as a Ukrainian lawmaker for almost 25 years, fled his country shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Last year, his Ukrainian citizenship was suspended. Derkach is the son of the former chief of the Security Service of Ukraine, Leonid Derkach, who died at the age of 82 in January 2022. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Crimea.Realities, click here.
Ex-Ukrainian Lawmaker Becomes Member Of Russian Parliament's Upper Chamber
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Andrei Derkach (file photo)