Aleksey Karyakin
politician
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 Luhansk People's Republic, a disputed and internationally unrecognized Russian republic on de jure Ukrainian territory. He was voted out on 25 March 2016.
A rumor that Karyakin was imprisoned in the LPR was reported on in the media, however, in an interview with Kommersant he denied those claims. 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".
Early life
Karyakin was born in Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) in the Luhansk region of the Ukrainian SSR. After graduating from college with a degree in motor vehicle maintenance and repair, he had a small business.
On May 18, 2014 Karyakin was elected head of parliament of the unrecognized state of Luhansk People's Republic.
Sanctions
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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