Anton Herashchenko
| Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko | |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
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Assumed office 27 November 2014 | |
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10 February 1979 Kharkiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
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| Political party | People's Front |
Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko (Russian: Геращенко, Антон Юрьевич, Ukrainian: Геращенко Антон Юрійович, born 10 February 1979) is a member of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada),[1] and has been the subject of an assassination attempt in part because of his anti-terrorism work.[2]
Herashchenko was elected to parliament in the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, representing the People's Front in a multi-mandate nationwide district.[1] He is secretary of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement.[1]
Herashchenko was one of the founders of a database called "Peacemaker". This is the main Ukrainian and international database used for searching for terrorists. He is also known for anti-Russian views.[2]
In January 2017, it was announced that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had prevented an assassination attempt against Herashchenko.[2] The SBU had had the two assassins under surveillance for over a month and arrested them in the act with an explosive device in their possession. The SBU stated that the assassins had been in prison in the Russian-occuplied Crimea, until they agreed to assassinate Herashchenko. The SBU claim that the assassins were coordinated by Andrey Tikhonov. Tikhonov currently lives in Belgorod in Russia, and used to be a Ukrainian citizen, who had fought against Ukraine on the side of the Luhansk People's Republic.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "People's Deputies of Ukraine", Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine official web portal, 22 July 2018
- 1 2 3 4 "Media: SBU prevented a murder attempt on MP Anton Herashchenko", UAWire, 22 January 2017
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