| Alexei Karyakin | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Chairman of the People’s Council of the Luhansk People's Republic |
| Term Start: | 18 May 2014 |
| Term End: | 25 March 2016[1] |
| Predecessor: | office established |
| Successor: | Vladimir Degtyarenko |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Stakhanov (now Kadiivka), Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Alexei Vyacheslavovich 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.[3]
In media appeared information that Karyakin is imprisoned by Luhansk People's Republic. 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] [7]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [8]