Leonid Derkach Explained

Leonid Derkach
Native Name Lang:uk
Office:People's Deputy of Ukraine
Term Start:14 May 2002
Term End:25 May 2006
Predecessor:Serhiy Tihipko
Successor:Constituency abolished
Constituency:Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, No. 36
Office1:Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
Term Start1:22 April 1998
Term End1:10 February 2001
President1:Leonid Kuchma
Predecessor1:Volodymyr Radchenko
Successor1:Volodymyr Radchenko
Birth Date:19 July 1939
Birth Place:Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Allegiance:
  • Soviet Union
  • Ukraine
Branch:
  • KGB
  • Security Service of Ukraine
Rank:General of the Army of Ukraine

Leonid Vasyliovych Derkach (Ukrainian: Леонід Васильович Деркач; 19 July 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician, intelligence officer, and general who was Head of the Security Service of Ukraine from 22 April 1998 to 10 February 2001. Called the "Ukrainian Sorge" (Russian: "Украинский Зорге"),[1] [2] he headed one of the five groups in the Dnipropetrovsk Mafia.[3] The Derkach family maintains very close relationships with Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman's Moscow-based Alfa Group and Petr Aven's Alfa-Bank.[3] [4]

Both Andrii and Leonid Derkach were also close to Vadim Rabinovich as well as Semyon Mogilevich,, Leonid Minin, and Sergei Mikhailov, members of the Russian, Ukrainian, and Israeli mafias.[5]

Career

From 1957 to 1972, Derkach worked at the Soviet Rocket giant Yuzhmash (Ukrainian: ПО "Пiвденмаш") in Dnipropetrovsk (today Dnipro).[6] From 1958 to 1961, while he worked at Yuzhmash, he studied at the Dnepropetrovsk Mechinists Technical School.[7] [8] He was in the Soviet Army from 1961 to 1964.[6] [7] From 1964 to 1970, he studied at Dniepropetrovsk State University graduating in 1970 with a Physics and Technical PhD as a mechanical engineer of aeronautics.[6] [7] [9] After graduation, he worked as a senior process engineer at Yuzhmash from 1970 to 1972.[7]

He graduated Dzerzhinsky Higher School in 1973.[9] From March 1972 to December 1992 he worked for the Ukrainian SSR's branch of the KGB (in 1992 became Security Service of Ukraine) in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[6] [9]

On Era TV (Russian: Эра), Derkach was presented to be close to Mogilevich.[10]

Yuriy Kravchenko was an outspoken critic of both Derkach and Leonid Kuchma.[10]

In September 1999 in the Ukrainian newspaper Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Russian: «Зеркало недели» (№37 (258), 18-24 сентября 1999 года)) (Ukrainian: Дзеркало тижня), Derkach describes Semyon Mogilevich as a simple businessman which led to the FBI's representative in Ukraine, Michael Pischemuk, and the US Ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Pifer, to meet on 22 December 1999 with Yevhen Marchuk, who is the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, to discuss the troubling statement.[1] [2] Through the Mykola Melnychenko recordings of 2000, Derkach was close to Russian mafia leader Semyon Mogilevich.[1] [11] [12] According to Derkach in these recordings, Vladimir Putin is also very close to Mogilevich.[12]

Derkach was fired in 2001 for his alleged involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.[3] [13] [14] Yevhen Marchuk was pivotal in having Derkach fired.[15]

In 2005, the report of the ad hoc committee of the Ukrainian parliament investigating the murder concluded that Gongadze's murder had been organized by then President of Ukraine Kuchma and his Minister of the Interior Yuriy Kravchenko and that Derkach had been involved in the crimes.[16]

He was a member of the 4th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament), representing Ukraine's 36th electoral district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from 14 May 2002 until 25 May 2006.[17]

Personal life and death

His son, Andrii Derkach, who is also a Russian intelligence operative that graduated from the KGB's Dzerzhinsky Higher School now known as the FSB Academy, was a close ally to Rudy Giuliani during 2019 and 2020 for support of Donald Trump's Presidential campaign.[13] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Derkach died on 14 January 2022, at the age of 82.[22]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Схема можливих зв'язків л.Деркача та А.Деркача (Схема связей Деркачей) . Scheme of possible connections L. Derkach and A. Derkach (Derkach Communications Scheme or Scheme of Derkach Spy Cell) . uk . «Украины Криминальной» (cripo.com.ua) . compromat.ru . 26 June 2001 . 26 August 2021 . 27 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210827031639/http://www.compromat.ru/imgup/converted_11744.jpg . bot: unknown .
  2. News: ДИНОЗАВРЫ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО РЭКЕТА: Сева Могилевич . DINOSAURS OF THE DOMESTIC RACKET: Seva Mogilevich . ru . «Украины Криминальной» (cripo.com.ua) . 23 December 2004 . 26 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Schneider. Eberhard. Ukraine - gespalten zwischen Ost und West (Ukraine - divided between East and West). 20 February 2007. 5 December 2019. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (German Federal Agency for Civic Education). (Translation of relevant paragraphs at Talk on page of Andrii Derkach, L. Derkach's son)
  4. News: Прибыловский . Владимир (Pribylovsky, Vladimir) . Vladimir Pribylovsky . КУЧМИСТЫ И БЕЗКУЧМИСТЫ: Кто есть кто на Украине в сравнении с Россией . KUCHMISTS AND LANDLESS LEADERS: Who is who in Ukraine in comparison with Russia . ru . Независимая Газета (Nezavisimaya Gazeta) . 28 June 2001 . 29 June 2021 . 2 July 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010702153022/http://faces.ng.ru/foreign/2001-05-31/1_ukraina.html.
  5. News: Ельцов . Олег . Из жизни Деркачей. Часть 3. Зарвавшиеся . From the life of the Derkachs. Part 3. Overcome . Украина криминальная (Crime Ukraine) . 25 June 2001 . 29 June 2021 . 3 July 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010703111759/http://www.cripo.com.ua/stati/rub-2/r2-s5.htm.
  6. Web site: Деркач Леонід Васильович . Derkach Leonid Vasylovych . Офіційна Україна сьогодні (Official Ukraine today) website . 16 October 2020 . uk.
  7. Web site: Деркач Леонид Васильевич . Derkach Leonid Vasylovych . голос ua website . 16 October 2020 . uk.
  8. Web site: Професійний коледж ракетно-космічного машинобудування Дніпропетровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара: Історія коледжу . Professional College of Rocket and Space Machine Building Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University: History of the College . 16 October 2020. uk.
  9. Web site: ДЕРКАЧ ЛЕОНІД ВАСИЛЬОВИЧ . Derkach Leonid Vasylovych . Державна митна служба України (State Customs Service of Ukraine) website . 22 December 2012 . 16 October 2020 . 22 December 2012 . https://archive.today/20121222092102/http://www.customs.gov.ua/dmsu/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=298442&cat_id=299111 . uk . live .
  10. Web site: Melnychenko . Mykola . Mykoa Melnychenko . Who is Who on the Couch with Kuchma . booksonline.com.ua . 2002 . 25 February 2022.
  11. News: Sterbenz . Christina . The worst gangster most people have never heard of . . 1 December 2014 . 19 October 2020.
  12. News: Kupchinsky . Roman . The Strange Ties between Semion Mogilevich and Vladimir Putin . Jamestown Foundation, Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 57 . 25 March 2009 . 19 October 2020.
  13. News: Blake . Aaron . The murder story involving the 'Ukrainian Putin,' who just met with Rudy Giuliani . . 5 December 2019 . 22 October 2020 . 21 May 2020 . https://archive.today/20200521040640/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/05/murder-story-involving-ukrainian-putin-who-just-met-with-rudy-giuliani/ . live .
  14. News: Tyler . Patrick E. . Ukraine Rally Calls on Chief To Step Down . . 12 February 2001 . 22 October 2020 . 23 October 2020 . https://archive.today/20201023033909/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/world/ukraine-rally-calls-on-chief-to-step-down.html . live .
  15. News: Днепропетровский клан: Так называемая "днепропетровская семья" начала формироваться еще в застойные времена. . Dnepropetrovsk clan: The so-called "Dnepropetrovsk family" began to form in stagnant times. . ru . FreeLance Bureau (flb.ru) . 16 February 2002 . 20 August 2021 . 3 April 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050403223657/https://www.flb.ru/info/5566.html.
  16. Web site: Case of Gongadze v. Ukraine. HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights. 8 February 2005. 13 December 2019.
  17. Web site: Деркач Леонід Васильович . Derkach Leonid Vasylovych . Верховнa Радa України (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) website . 16 October 2020 . 25 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080125034754/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_exdeputat?d_id=5518&skl=5.
  18. News: Dilanian . Ken . Lee . Carol E. . CIA, other spy agencies told White House about Rudy Giuliani's dealings with alleged Russian agents: The U.S. wasn't spying on Giuliani, but on people with whom he talked, including Andrii Derkach, identified by the Treasury Department as a Russian agent. . . 16 October 2020 . 16 October 2020.
  19. News: Tucker . Eric . Biden Email Episode Illustrates Risk to Trump From Giuliani: A New York tabloid's puzzling account about how it acquired emails purportedly from Joe Biden's son has raised some red flags. . . . 16 October 2020 . 16 October 2020.
  20. News: Walsh . Joe . Reports: FBI Probing If N.Y. Post's Hunter Biden Email Dump Was Part Of Foreign Influence Campaign . . 16 October 2020 . 16 October 2020.
  21. News: Walsh . Joe . 'That's Rudy': Trump Reportedly Shrugged At Giuliani's Russia Ties . . 15 October 2020 . 16 October 2020.
  22. https://24tv.ua/ru/umer-jeks-glava-sbu-vremen-kuchmy-leonid-derkach-ukraina-novosti_n1842838 Умер экс-глава СБУ времен Кучмы Леонид Деркач: отец скандального нардепа

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