Aleksandr Akimovich Karaman (russian: Алекса́ндр Аки́мович Карама́н, ; born 26 July 1956) is a

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n politician and later the Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during August 2014. He was the

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from 1990 to 2001 and is an ethnic Moldovan. He is on the wanted list in the DPR for kidnapping, but currently lives in

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. He was a communist party leader in

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, and a delegate at the 17th Congress of Moldovan Communist Party. He was against the acceptance by the Moldovan Communist Party of press freedom and criticised the tolerance that Communist party showed towards anticommunist publications.Interview with Alexander Caraman in "Moldova" nr. 12/1990 (Romanian) Caraman was instrumental in

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of the

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on September 2, 1990, and held the vice-presidency until the

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. From July 21 to November 12, 2014, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers for Social Affairs in the Donetsk People's Republic. From August 15 to August 28, 2014, he was the Foreign Minister for the Donetsk People's Republic. During the summer of 2016, he was charged with kidnapping by the DPR prosecutor and he subsequently fled to Russia.

Sanctions

Because of his involvement in undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine, he is under sanctions since 2014 in the United States, the European Union, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karaman, Aleksandr 1956 births Communist Party of Moldavia politicians Living people Pro-Russian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Rodina (political party) politicians Russian nationalists Vice presidents of Transnistria Russian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Russian individuals subject to the European Union sanctions