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Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine ally runs for office in Russia
Andriy Derkach, a former legislator who was Donald Trump allies' key contact in Kyiv, was stripped of Ukrainian citizenship in January 2023.
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Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Ally Runs for Office in Russia
Published Aug 01, 2024 at 6:37 AM EDTUpdated Aug 01, 2024 at 10:50 AM EDT
Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Ally Runs For Office In Russia
By Brendan Cole
Senior News Reporter
A former Ukrainian MP who was accused of trying to harm the 2020 U.S. presidential bid of Joe Biden is seeking political office in Russia, it has been reported.
Andriy Derkach, who fled Ukraine for Russia, has become a candidate in the Astrakhan region for the Russian Federation Council, state news agency Tass reported.
Derkach is among three candidates in the southwestern Russian region who are competing to replace the senator, Alexander Bashkin, whose term in the government's upper house ends in September, the agency said.
The U.S. government had accused Derkach of promoting unsubstantiated narratives about Biden to American media and officials, including some close to former President Donald Trump. Newsweek has contacted Derkach for comment by email.
Andriy Derkach, who fled Ukraine for Russia, has become a candidate in the Astrakhan region for the Russian Federation Council. In 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department said that Derkach had been a "Russian agent for...
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He also met with Trump's then personal attorney Rudy Giuliani in 2019 to build a corruption case against Biden's son Hunter Biden, The Washington Post reported, Giuliani had not made any public comments on the meetings.
In 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department said that Derkach had been a "Russian agent for more than a decade," which he has denied.
In June 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Derkach had been paid by Russian intelligence to create private security companies Moscow wanted to use to capture Ukraine in its full-scale invasion.
The Ukrainian government sanctioned Derkach for spreading Russian propaganda and stripped him of his citizenship in January 2023. He had served as a member of the country's parliament.
News of Derkach's candidacy for political office in Russia was carried by Ukrainian media outlets and social media users who noted the Giuliani connection.
"So Russian agent Derkach that Giuliani and others worked with, on behalf of Trump, to attack the 2020 US election will be appointed to a Russian government position," Olga Lautman, co-host of the Kremlin File podcast posted on X. "My shocked face."
Financial Times journalist Christopher Miller wrote on X, "Well look at that, Andriy Derkach, the Ukrainian ex-MP who helped Trump and Giuliani pressure Ukraine to smear Biden...has surfaced in Russia with Russian citizenship and is now seeking political office." Newsweek has contacted Giuliani's lawyers for comment.
Ukrainska Pravda noted how in 2023 Derkach was investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) "for treason and illegal enrichment."
He was accused of discrediting Ukraine on the global stage and worsening ties with the U.S. and stopping Kyiv's integration into the European Union and NATO, the outlet added.
The probe found that he received at least $567,000 from Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies "for subversive activities against Ukraine," Ukrainska Pravda added.
Update 08/01/24, 7:30 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with further information.
This illustrative image from April 12, 2023 shows Russia's Federation Council building. Former Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach who is accused of links with Rudy Giuliani, is running to be a senator in the upper house,...KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/Getty Images
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Holy shyt! The @nytimes reports: How Trump would use soldiers against riots, crime and migrants. I have warned each of you that Trump will additionally weaponize the @TheJusticeDept against his critics, as he did to me. /search?q=#HarrisWalz2024
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Holy shyt! The @nytimes reports: How Trump would use soldiers against riots, crime and migrants. I have warned each of you that Trump will additionally weaponize the @TheJusticeDept against his critics, as he did to me. /search?q=#HarrisWalz2024
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