Vitaliy Yuriyovych Zakharchenko ( uk, Віталій Юрійович Захарченко,

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: Виталий Юрьевич Захарченко, born 20 January 1963) is a

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and

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n politician who is a senior consultant at Russia's

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state corporation. He previously served as Ukraine's

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Yanukovych appoints Mohyliov to Crimean post

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(7 November 2011)Chief tax officer Zakharchenko appointed interior minister of Ukraine

(7 November 2011) from 7 November 2011 until he was suspended from duties by the

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on 21 February 2014interfax.com.ua/news/general/191757.html Rada suspends Acting Interior Minister Zakharchenko from his duties
,

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(21 February 2014) shortly after signing a decree authorizing the use of live ammunition against

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. In that position, he was the head of the Ukrainian national police service, the

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Biography

Vitaliy ZakharchenkoПодаткову очолив Віталій Захарченко

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(December 25, 2010) was born in

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, in the

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of the

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. He was graduated from the

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branch of the Minsk Higher School of Interior of the USSR in 1991.Захарченко Виталий Юрьевич
Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА" He began his career with the

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in the

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in July 1981. From May 2008 to June 2010 he held leading positions in the State Tax Administration in

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

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Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...

appointed Zakharchenko as head of the

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on 25 December 2010. On 7 November 2011 the president appointed him

, replacing

Anatolii Mohyliov Anatolii Volodymyrovych Mohyliov ( uk, Анатолій Володимирович Могильов, russian: Анатолий Владимирович Могилёв; born April 6, 1955) is a Ukrainian politician. He is the former Prime Ministe ...

who had been named the new

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; simultaneously, Yanukovych appointed Oleksandr Klymenko as head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine. According to

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Zakharchenko is a close friend of President Yanukovych' son,

Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Вікторович Янукович, russian: Виктор Викторович Янукович; 16 July 1981 – 20 March 2015) was a Ukrainian politician and Member of Parliament. He was t ...

,Любі друзі Олександра Януковича
Ukrayinska Pravda, (7 November 2011) though President Yanukovych, through his press service, denied that he appointed individuals to top government positions based on their personal loyalty and closeness to his family rather than qualifications. Since Zakharchenko was an officer of the Interior Ministry, he was not allowed to be a member of a political party.Crimean prime minister planning to join Regions Party again

(9 November 2011) There is a suspicion that the minister owned the single active golden ore deposit in Muzhievo,

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. The

suspended Zakharchenko from his duties on 21 February 2014 for using violence against protesters in the

February 2014 Euromaidan riots The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,

. Five days later an arrest warrant was put out for him and he is currently wanted on murder charges. Since then he was last seen in

on 13 April 2014 during a joint press conference with Viktor Yanukovych and former

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Viktor Pshonka Viktor Pavlovych Pshonka ( uk, Віктор Павлович Пшонка, Russian: Виктор Павлович Пшонка, born 6 February 1954, Serhiyivtsi, Sloviansk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a former Prosecutor Genera ...

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. According to Krymedia.ru, on 16 January 2015 Zakharchenko was planning to arrive in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

for a celebration of establishment of Berkut police anti-riots unit and present his charity fund "Yugo-Vostok" (South-East).Zakharchenko will arrive in Sevastopol to celebrate establishment of Berkut
.

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. 14 January 2015

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