Oleksandr Yakymenko (public servant)
Oleksandr Yakymenko | |
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| Олександр Якименко | |
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| 12th Head of the Security Service of Ukraine | |
| In office 9 January 2013 – 24 February 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ihor Kalinin |
| Succeeded by | Valentyn Nalyvaichenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleksandr Hryhorovych Yakymenko 22 December 1964 Keila, Estonia, Soviet Union |
Oleksandr Hryhorovych Yakymenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Григорович Якименко; born December 22, 1964, in Keila, Estonia[1]) is a Russian and former Ukrainian public servant, politician, and former military pilot who is the former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine serving from 2013 to 2014.
He is currently on trial (in absentia)[2] for treason and for his involvement in torture and extortion.[3]
Biography
After graduation of the Military Aviation College for Pilots in
There is no information about Yakymenko ever receiving
In 2007-08 Yakymenko was an advisor for internal security for one of the companies that are part of
Soon after election of
On February 19, 2014, on the website of SBU Yakymenko announced that Security Service of Ukraine and Anti-Terrorist Center initiated an "anti-terrorist operation" against protesters of the Euromaidan.[5] On February 20, 2014, on the streets of Kyiv appeared snipers and special assigned units of MVS and SBU.
On February 22, 2014, the
A few days after the February
Yakymenko is wanted by the
See also
References
- ^ (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
- ^ "Former SBU head faces treason trial". The New Voice of Ukraine. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Oleksandr Yakymenko, head of the SBU during Yanukovychʼs time, created a local FSB in Kherson, set up a torture chamber and robbed businessmen. This is how this system worked". babel. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ Uhryn, Z. Nobody in the Verkhovna Rada knows the real biography of the head of SBU – Nalyvaichenko. Gazeta in Ukrainian. 10 January 2013
- ^ Sergei L. Loiko, Ukraine threatens 'anti-terrorist operation' against protests, The Los Angeles Times (19 February 2014). Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ Miller, Christopher (30 December 2014). "Ukraine's top intelligence agency deeply infiltrated by Russian spies". Mashable.
- ^ Ukraine accuses Russia of breaking CIS agreements over Yanukovych extradition, Interfax-Ukraine (12 January 2015)
