Volodymyr Satsyuk () (born 11 March 1963) is the former deputy head of

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’s intelligence agency. He is suspected of involvement in the poisoning of

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Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...

in 2004.''President claims Kremlin is shielding his would-be killers''
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Career

Satsyuk was a businessman before he joined the

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, where he eventually became the Deputy Chairman.Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review
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Allegations

Ukrainian prosecutors, after interviewing over 1,000 people, identified Satsyuk as being potentially involved in the poisoning of Yuschenko with

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. Yushchenko had attended a private dinner on 5 September 2004 held at Satsyuk's residence, during that year's Ukrainian presidential elections. He was accompanied by two assistants, Taras Zalessky and Alexei Poletukha, the former vice-president of the JS Bank «Ukraine». According to ''

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'' newspaper, "Ukraine’s pro-Russian government at the time was opposed to Yushchenko, fearing his pro-western tendencies and ambitions for Ukraine to join

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." Satsyuk was in hiding in

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, where the government has given him

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, meaning he couldn't be extradited for trial to another country.Yushchenko to Russia: Hand over witnesses

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(September 28, 2009) When Yanukovich became president of Ukraine, Satsyuk was removed from the wanted list and returned to his home town

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in the summer of 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Satsyuk, Volodymyr Living people 1963 births People from Malyn Ukrainian businesspeople Date of birth missing (living people) Security Service of Ukraine officers Refugees in Russia