Leonid Derkach

Leonid Derkach
Леонід Деркач
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
14 May 2002 – 25 May 2006
Preceded bySerhiy Tihipko
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyDnipropetrovsk Oblast, No. 36
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
In office
22 April 1998 – 10 February 2001
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byVolodymyr Radchenko
Succeeded byVolodymyr Radchenko
Personal details
Born(1939-07-19)19 July 1939
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Died14 January 2022(2022-01-14) (aged 82)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Military service
Allegiance
  • Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • Ukraine Ukraine
Branch/service
  • KGB
  • Security Service of Ukraine
RankGeneral of the Army of Ukraine

Leonid Vasyliovych Derkach (Ukrainian: Леонід Васильович Деркач; 19 July 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician, intelligence officer, and general who was Head of the Security Service of Ukraine from 22 April 1998 to 10 February 2001. Called the "Ukrainian Sorge" (Russian: "Украинский Зорге"),[1][2] he headed one of the five groups in the Dnipropetrovsk Mafia.[3][a] The Derkach family maintains very close relationships with Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman's Moscow-based Alfa Group and Petr Aven's Alfa-Bank.[3][4]

Both Andrii and Leonid Derkach were also close to Vadim Rabinovich as well as Semyon Mogilevich, Alexander Angert [ru; uk], Leonid Minin, and Sergei Mikhailov, members of the Russian, Ukrainian, and Israeli mafias.[5]

  1. ^ "Схема можливих зв'язків л.Деркача та А.Деркача (Схема связей Деркачей)" [Scheme of possible connections L. Derkach and A. Derkach (Derkach Communications Scheme or Scheme of Derkach Spy Cell)]. «Украины Криминальной» (cripo.com.ua) (in Ukrainian). 26 June 2001. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021 – via compromat.ru.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "ДИНОЗАВРЫ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО РЭКЕТА: Сева Могилевич" [DINOSAURS OF THE DOMESTIC RACKET: Seva Mogilevich]. «Украины Криминальной» (cripo.com.ua) (in Russian). 23 December 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Schneider, Eberhard (20 February 2007). "Ukraine - gespalten zwischen Ost und West (Ukraine - divided between East and West)". Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (German Federal Agency for Civic Education). Retrieved 5 December 2019. (Translation of relevant paragraphs at Talk on page of Andrii Derkach, L. Derkach's son)
  4. ^ Прибыловский, Владимир (Pribylovsky, Vladimir) (28 June 2001). "КУЧМИСТЫ И БЕЗКУЧМИСТЫ: Кто есть кто на Украине в сравнении с Россией" [KUCHMISTS AND LANDLESS LEADERS: Who is who in Ukraine in comparison with Russia]. Независимая Газета (Nezavisimaya Gazeta) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 July 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Ельцов, Олег (25 June 2001). "Из жизни Деркачей. Часть 3. Зарвавшиеся" [From the life of the Derkachs. Part 3. Overcome]. Украина криминальная (Crime Ukraine). Archived from the original on 3 July 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2021.


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